Passage Analysis

Context:
The Nurse talks to the patients after one of the meetings. She is angered by their behavior 3 weeks back, as they tried to rebel and stayed in front of the TV to watch the World Series.

Theme:
○ Control and oppression - the nurse is always in control in this passage, she explains to the 'boys' that they have gone against the laws and that they must be punished. The nurse never loses control as she speaks to them.
○ Sacrifice and selfishness - the patients have tried to rebel

Characters:
○ Nurse Ratched - she is the main character in this passage because she is the only one speaking. She makes a speech to discuss their punishment, and because of the way she speaks, we KNOW she is in control.

Motifs:
○ The nurse herself is a motif, because she represents the American Society and oppression.

Symbols:

Synecdoche: the nurse represents the US society, oppressive and limiting.

Language:
Controlling - 'boys' - familiar and naming to condescend
Familiar and mother-like/forced caring tone
§ fake kindness
§ vocabulary: "hopefully you will understand"; fairly simple language.
§ Loaded language "therapeutic, discipline"
She speaks on behalf of the hospital and what they all represent. Connected to the U.S. as a whole society.

Structure:
This passage is very strong because the structure emphasizes the nurse's control over the ward. She makes a speech and raises her hands to stop any kind of opposition. In this passage, there are descriptions of the room and how the patients are reacting to what she is saying, and the speech that she is making.

Imagery:

Rhetoric:
The passage is mainly focused on the nurse's speech to the patients and we notice that her tone is condescending. She uses terms such as 'boys', and blames their inability to fit in the world on their parents. The mood is rather tense, because she is clearly putting pressure on her patients.

Outline for modest Proposal

Introduction:
Global Issue:
- Numerous conflicts in the world that hinder economic growth
- Conflicts cause pain and suffering to civilians, who cannot have normal lives
- Economic growth of the country is decreasing and trading nations are losing money and their own civilians as well.
- It would cost more to repair the damages caused by the conflicts than to rebuild everything anyways


Solutions:
- Dropping an H-Bomb on said country would get rid of the suffering, because it would literally melt the skin off in less than a second, therefore barely any pain is experienced.
- It would give an advantage to other nations for trade, because said country would be less competition
- Another nation could take over by paying a fee to the WTO, and then own the country. This would lead to a faster rebuild of the economy.
- There is then a decrease in population -> benefits the world
- This would also reduce poverty, caused by the conflicts so other nations wouldn’t have to send benefits or stimulus packages.