Group Blog Analysis

Examine the work that the other blog groups have done this term and identify your favorite elements.  Are there particular discussion threads that demonstrate clear, critical thinking and mature discourse?  Are there interesting, thought-provoking posts that invite group participation?  Are there clever examples of gadgets and/or graphics, embedded videos, or hyperlinks?  What is your favorite blogging moment from the other group blogs?  Write your own post explaining your thinking (10 points).

What We've Got Here Is ...Two Similar Characters.

Lucas Jackson and Randall Patrick McMurphy serve as iconic American heroes, brazenly defying authority, helping a group of emasculated men recover some semblence of their manhoods in the face of an oppressive authority. Moreover, each takes on a Christ-like role, leading his respective disciples (prisoners or mental patients) toward dignity, suffering and deteriorating under the burden of leadership, and eventually sacrificing himself in a selfless defiance of the demand for conformity. Discuss some of the more interesting parallels between the characters. How do Kesey and the director/screenwriter of Cool Hand Luke cast their main characters as a religious figures? What significant differences exist between the two?