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    She was on one side of the window while the patients were on the more unfortunate side. In a therapy session‚ R.P breaks the window‚ in the movie and in the novel‚ to get cigarettes. The glass breaking wasn’t only a turning point in the story‚ but also for Mcmurphy. McMurphy became a larger than life character to the patients. In the novel‚ Mcmurphy slides his hand into the glass and grabs the cigarettes because the big nurse takes the tub room away. The movie version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s

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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Out of the four characters listed in this film‚ the one character that does not exhibit pretense is Billy. We first see Billy as a nervous‚ shy young boy with a speech impediment. Billy has weird relationships with women; he likes women and enjoys the company of them but is fearful of the women that are most close to him. Billy’s mother and especially Nurse Ratched are the women he is most afraid of. Nurse Ratched has a personal relationship with Billy’ mother

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    The advancement of technology over the last decade has been used to further security methods in society. Devices such as surveillance systems in stores have caught suspects and decreased crime‚ but only by a mere 0.05% (Welsh‚ Farrington) (specifically in Chicago‚ which currently has 15‚000 cameras throughout the city). So‚ does this implementation of surveillance really make people behave? The texts “Panopticism” by Michel Foucault and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey both focus on how

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    wanted it to be. I can say that it’s due to the fact that I am partially lazy and I may not find the topic so interesting but either way‚ one has to do the work and you might as well enjoy it. I didn’t actually do my best quality work. I who have like to try‚ but sadly I did not. My best moments I have had in class was when we all read “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and when we watched the movie version of the

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    you see my friend‚ it is somewhat as you stated: man has but one truly effective weapon against the juggernaut of modern matriarchy‚ but it certainly is not laughter. One weapon‚ and with every passing year in this hip‚ motivationally researched society‚ more and more people are discovering how to render that weapon useless and conquer those who have hitherto been conquerors. . . .” - McMurphy In the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ Ken Kesey portrays the women as emasculators whose job is

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    1 In The One That Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey the nurses’ assistants have a unique initiation for the newcomers. The newcomers of the mental institute did not know what was coming when they walked through that door. The nurses’ assistants led them into the showers and inserted thermometers into their rectum and before they did that they turned on all the showers to muffle their screams. We chose this scene since not only it shows the cruelty that can go on in these types of institutions

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    A Crazy Man or a Lazy Man In the beginning of the novel‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ Randle Patrick McMurphy was transferred from a prison farm to a mental institution‚ because he was declared as a psychopath by a judge. As the novel progresses‚ McMurphy’s mentality does not resemble a truly insane character: his actions and keen observation demonstrates his mental awareness which causes people in the ward to notice him. Therefore his actions create allegations against McMurphy and determine

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    Throughout the film‚ "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest"‚ many changes differentiate the movie from the book. Not only can these differences be seen in the characters of the novel‚ but also in the series of events that make this story so interesting. In this essay‚ the significance of these differences will be revealed as well as the reasons for the changes. The first difference between the film and the novel is the narration. In the book‚ Chief Bromden is the narrator who reveals McMurphy’s story

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    filled with mental patients. McMurphy‚ a new patient‚ uses the ward to escape from society and its rules. He soon realizes the power‚ Nurse Ratchet has established‚ and tries to break it. In the novel‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey‚ the character of Nurse Ratchet tries use her sexuality over men to establish power and control in the ward‚ but McMurphy challenges her‚ as he protests against Ratchet’s demands by ignoring work and watching television‚ winning the war. Nurse Ratchet uses

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    In the final scene of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ Chief Bromden is the main character. The only two characters in this scene are Bromden and McMurphy‚ and even though McMurphy would be considered the main character of the entire film‚ Bromden is the main character of this scene because he has the strongest desire. In fact‚ in this one scene‚ Bromden has many desires that to him‚ are life or death. Initially‚ after hearing rumours of McMurphy’s escape‚ when McMurphy returns to his bed‚ Bromden

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