ENGC17H3 Lecture : Bible and Literature - Ken Kesey.odt
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The gospel according to chief broom: jesus as saviour from the combine . Most unusual jesus: petty-criminal, braggart, trouble-maker, con-man, womanizer, violent, attention seeking, and disruptive. Decides that it"s much better to be in a mental hospital than in prison. Ellis: categorized as chronic = given so much shock therapy = nailed against the wall. Nailed against the wall in the same condition they lifted him off the [shock shop] table for the last time, in the same shape, arms out, palms cupped . The nails pull his hand back to the wall goes back to your place on the wall, hands up to receive the nails (33) Harding you are strapped to a table, shaped, ironically, like a cross, with a crown of electric sparks in place of thorns (69). Do i get a crown of thorns? (283) Not only is mcmurphya type of jesus, but chief is also a type of gospel writer = telling the story of.
