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    his film called “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”‚ which in my opinion was an interesting and great film. While conducting some research to see what was going on during the release of this film I discovered that prior to the film we have not too long ago finish fighting in the Vietnam War. After viewing the film multiple times‚ I started to pick up on the fact that it was more gear toward being in control verses actual mental illness of the patience. There were even times were one could see how it

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    In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ Ken Kesey criticizes the expectations to conform to society during the time of the Cold War through the rebellion of many of his characters. In the early 1950’s‚ America entered into a Cold War with the Soviet Union. The situation in the United States was very hostile and many citizens did not approve of military and political decisions made by our nation leaders. One of these citizens was Jack Kerouac. Kerouac became the leader of the Beat Movement

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    The six psychological approaches are biological‚ learning or behavioral‚ cognitive‚ sociocultural‚ psychodynamic‚ and humanistic. Each approach is unique in its own way and used by psychiatrists to diagnose the problem. A biological approach is applied when the there is a known medical condition. The medical condition normally connects to mental health‚ and the solution comes from therapy. This particular approach looks at the whole body. The learning or behavioral approach is all about analyzing

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    Chief Bromden the narrator In the novel‚ One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ the author‚ Ken Kesey‚ chose a patient suffering from schizophrenia to narrate the story that is based on Kesey’s own experiences. The first-person narrative of a patient‚ Chief Bromden‚ makes the asylum setting ordinary‚ and encourages the reader to invest in the personalities of its inhabitants instead of perceiving the characters as mere poke and shallow. Kasey’s inclusion of Bromden’s delusions within the narrative itself

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    As medical advances are being made‚ it makes the treating of diseases easier and easier. Mental hospitals have changed the way the treat a patient’s illness considerably compared to the hospital described in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. " Please understand: We do not impose certain rules and restrictions on you with out a great deal of thought about their therapeutic value. A good many of you are in here because you could not adjust to the rules of society in the Outside World‚ because you

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    Ken Kesey’s use of symbolism in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest transforms the novel and the hospital within the novel a microcosm of society‚ a battle between the sane and insane‚ the conformist and the non-conformist. Randle McMurphy’s arrival influenced the lives of almost every person‚ whether patient or employee. Whether or not his motives and actions were moral or good-hearted is difficult to conclude‚ however. On one hand‚ he undoubtedly saved the patients from losing their souls‚ so to

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    With five Oscar award and thirty other wins‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is one of the most impressive movies in 1976. It is not only for entertaining‚ audience will laugh‚ but forget immediately; it contains deep meanings that will stay in their mind for a while. It is appealing from the beginning to the end‚ from the storyline to the characters‚ from the scenes to the music. No one can deny that the actors are the key in the success of the movies. Each actor fulfills his or her character‚ especially

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    A Machine of Society In Ken Kesey’s book “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”‚ he creates an interesting comparison between society and its goal to have those who are striving to be in society conform to a uniform mold. Kesey does this through the use of the Combine‚ a symbol of society as a culturally unifying force. Bromden‚ a patient in the ward and the narrator of the novel‚ creates this Combine is his mind to explain the function of power how it is used to then control others. This machine controls

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    its beliefs without questioning the social system. This idea presented by the book is largely applicable to the 60’s due to the radical social change happening in this time period. The idea the book is presenting is relative to the Federalist papers or James Madison’s fear of the minority being over taken by the majority and is universally applicable. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest explains insanity as being a mindless follower‚ presents the structure of the mental institution to be similar to communism

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    In the novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest‚ written by Ken Kesey‚ tells the story of a group of patients in a mental hospital. The patients in the hospital all live under the authority of one nurse‚ Nurse Ratched. Nurse Ratched’s military‚ totalitarian leadership of the mental hospital combined with the fact that she tries to keep the healable patients under her control makes her the villain in this novel. Nurse Ratched used to work as a nurse in the military‚ indicating she would act tough and

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