dominance. Nurse Ratched‚ and her matriarchy run the ward 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
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Comparisons in the Christ-like characteristics between McMurphy and Jesus Throughout One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ there are signs that McMurphy is a comic Christ-like figure; despite his apparent faults and shortcomings‚ his actions match that of a tragic hero who saves his people. McMurphy may be considered boorish and in many ways immoral‚ however‚ he has other characteristics that resemble Christ- McMurphy has a modest background as a logger‚ he helps his people rise up against the
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to be deaf and mute to protect himself from it. When McMurphy is introduced as new patient on the hospital‚ he is immediately different from the other patients. The gambles‚ swears‚ makes sexual remarks and opposes Nurse Ratched. Nurse Ratched is the woman in charge of the ward. She has complete control over every aspect of the ward by shaming the patients into submission through the use of electroshocks and sometimes lobotomy. McMurphy bets with the other that he can make Nurse Ratched lose
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the text‚ analyse Casey’s portrayal of McMurphy as a Christ like figure in “one flew over the cuckoos nest.” Ken Casey’s one flew over the cuckoo’s nest shares parallels with the Holy Bible and keeps the reader guessing to the very end. The reader is enabled to analyse situations and characters from a different perspective‚ which Casey has painted through metaphors and uses of biblical symbolism throughout the text. Casey portrays the protagonist Randle McMurphy in such a way that the reader finds
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story begins‚ a new patient‚ Randall Patrick McMurphy‚ arrives at the ward. He is a self-professed “gambling fool” who has just come from a work
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other patients that her way is the only option. The reader is then finally introduced to the last main character who is Patrick McMurphy. McMurphy is the game changer in the ward. He was involuntarily submitted and extremely detests the way that Ratched is running the ward. The novel is in essence a power struggle between Ratched and McMurphy. The first milestone that McMurphy succeeds in is
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the image of gambling vs. playing it safe‚ whether in literal card games or as a way of living. The mental ward’s new patient‚ Randle Patrick McMurphy‚ is a self-described “gambling fool” (12)1‚ while his opposer‚ “Big Nurse” Ratched‚ forces the “Acute” patients to play it safe by trying to keep the ward in order with her mechanical routine. As McMurphy influences the men on the ward to be individuals‚ gambling becomes a part of the everyday routine. Eventually‚ the men on the ward begin taking
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Oregon Hustorical Society. Ken Kesey Biography. . 4 May‚ 2011 <ohs.org/.ken-kesey.cfm>. Sutherland‚ Janet. Defending a Controversial Book. : National Council of Teachers of English‚ 1972. Boyd‚ George. McMurphy as Christ Figure. New York: Theology Today‚ 1972. Boardman‚ Michael. McMurphy as Tragic Hero. : Journal of Narrative Technique‚ 1979. Madden‚ Fred. Big Chief as Narrator and Executioner. West Lafayette‚ Indiana: Purdue Research Foundation‚ 1986. Wallace‚ Ronald. Comedy in Cucko ’s Nest
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When Chief is describing his or other people’s size‚ he is portraying their confidence and their power within the ward. That is why at first‚ he sees himself as small‚ McMurphy as huge‚ and Nurse Ratched as the "Big Nurse”; ultimately‚ as he himself regains his self-confidence‚ he
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get introduced. The conflict between Nurse Ratched and McMurphy is already getting clear‚ and the tension between them is rising. You get all the information you need to understand the movie. The set-up ends with the inciting moment. The inciting moment in One flew over the cuckoo’s nest is the scene where McMurphy and the other patients play a basketball game. During this scene it is becomes clear that the rebellious actions of McMurphy have an affect of the other patients as well‚ because The
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