1) Why do you think Kesey made the decision to have Chief kill McMurphey?
I felt like having Chief kill McMurphey gave Chief a "last stand" before he left. I also felt that it showed that Big Nurse couldn't control everything that went on in the ward, and this was just another was McMurphey proved that to her, even if it wasn't him doing it himself.
2) Why do you think the Acutes chose to stay, even though they weren't committed?
I felt it to be sort of a security blanket. They had people of their own kind around them, just another way the conformity and collectivism in America was trapping the nation.
3) What was Chief's fog symbolic of?
I saw it as the revealing of his knowledge and progress. The more the fog went away, the clearer things became to him and the more he stood on his own two feet. He became his own man as the fog started becoming less dense and he could finally see the world with a real pair of eyes.
4) Is Chief reliable?
In my eyes, Chief's reliability is revealed throughout the story. He is continually observant and always listening. He pretends to be deaf and dumb so that people won't think anything of him and they'll say whatever they want about him. It's more than cunning the way he drains information out of people without trying. Based on this, I feel like Chief's "facts" are quite reliable.
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