One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Motifs

McMurphy arrives at the hospital
Perspective vs. Perspective, Power & manipulation, Living vs apathy,

Vote on using the tub room
Gambling, Self interest vs. self sacrifice, Power & manipulation

Vote on world series
Living vs. apathy, Power & manipulation, Trust vs mistrust

Chief talks and the deal
Perspective vs. Perspective, Sanity and Insanity, Living vs apathy, Self interest vs self sacrifice

Gas station
Living vs. apathy, Be a Man, Sanity and Insanity


Fishing trip
Living vs. apathy, Trust vs. mistrust, Be a Man, Sex and sexuality

Cheswik dies
Sanity and Insanity, Living vs. apathy

McMurphy learns about voluntary and committed
Trust vs. mistrust, Sanity and Insanity, Power & manipulation, Perspective vs. Perspective, Self interest vs. self sacrifice

Party, Billy has sex
Sex and sexuality, Living vs. apathy, Be a Man

Billy suicide
Power & manipulation, Perspective vs. Perspective

First time nurse flips out on Friday
Self interest vs. self sacrifice, Power & manipulation,

Doctor proposes carnival
Power & manipulation, Be a man, Living vs. apathy, Self interest vs. self sacrifice

Chief escape
Power & manipulation, Living vs. apathy, Be a man,

Pecking Party
Power & manipulation, Perspective vs. Perspective, Trust vs. mistrust

Nurse brings up why McMurphy acts the way he does
Self interest vs. self sacrifice, Gambling, Trust vs. Mistrust

LHC in the Independent

Cern breaks Energy record

On the 30th of March the Large Hadron Collider successfully was launched. At Cern and all around the world scientists are celebrating as a new energy record for a particle accelerator was set in the particle accelerator under Geneva.

This experiment took place in the 27 kilometre tunnel of the LHC and consisted of beams of protons that were directed at each other in opposing directions. Scientists all around the world hope to confirm old theories as well as finding new particles that will allow a new understanding of physics. The experiment is vital for scientific research and eventually will play a role in future technology.

The beams travelled at 99.9999991% the speed of light and consisted of trillions of Protons. The particles smashed each with an energy of 3.5 TeV (3.5 Trillion Electron volts) adding up to a total energy of 7 TeV which is three times the previous record. For frame of reference: a TV has about 20 000 electron volts.

The reason this experiment was preformed is that the scientists hope to find new particles such as the Higgs Boson, proof Super Symmetry and learn about dark matter amongst other objectives. The experiment was completely safe as the sun does exactly the same process on the earth’s outer atmosphere on a day to day basis.