Taking Risks Essays

Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest operates as an entertaining and interesting novel on a pure surface level. There’s a good story, well-developed characters and fresh language. It has all the workings of a good novel, but One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest isn’t just a good novel. …

On the television show “The Magic School Bus,” Miss Frizzle, the over-eccentric, adventuresome teacher, always says, “Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy!” She is stressing that not taking risks and, in turn, not making mistakes is nearly equivalent to not learning. If one wants to live a thrilling and, …