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After reading Ken Kesey's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, class members view the 1975 film version and then craft a critical review in which they compare the two versions and evaluate the success or failure of Milos Foreman's interpretation.
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- Have class members compare One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest to Stuart Rosenberg Cool Hand Luke and address the question of which main character is most heroic
Classroom Considerations
- The activity presumes class members have experience establishing criteria to use as the basis of the comparisons
- Kesey is reported to have said that the film version of his novel "missed the whole point."
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