One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
why is the dash in the following quotation a key syntactic choice? "her [big nurse]face is smiling,pitying,patiennt,and disgusted all at once-a trained expression." Chief
part 2
part 2
The operating meaning is that the Nurse trained herself to be the way she is. She has learned how to manipulate patients and wheeled power behind complex facial expressions.