Which passage of the book did you find most impressive or touching? give reasons for your choice.
Which passage of the book did you find most impressive or touching? give reasons for your choice.
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Which passage of the book did you find most impressive or touching? give reasons for your choice.
I love this quote,
"The glass splashed out in the moon, like a bright cold water baptizing the sleeping earth. Panting, I thought for a second about going back and getting Scanlon and some of the others, but then I heard the running squeak of the black boys' shoes in the hall and I put my hand on the sill and vaulted after the panel, into the moonlight."
Chief has just seen McMurphy lobotomized. He discovers that his asylum isn't a safe place after all. I love the description of freedom here. The moonlight and the earth seems surreal yet kind of a baptism for Chief.
"The glass splashed out in the moon, like a bright cold water baptizing the sleeping earth. Panting, I thought for a second about going back and getting Scanlon and some of the others, but then I heard the running squeak of the black boys' shoes in the hall and I put my hand on the sill and vaulted after the panel, into the moonlight."
Chief has just seen McMurphy lobotomized. He discovers that his asylum isn't a safe place after all. I love the description of freedom here. The moonlight and the earth seems surreal yet kind of a baptism for Chief.
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