from the fog‚ but later on Bromden begins to realize the implications of McMurphy’s actions and intentions. Bromden realizes that McMurphy does not want Bromden and the patients to be hiding in fear and protecting themselves from what they are afraid of‚ he wants them to fight back‚ take responsibility of their lives‚ and be the men that they have the ability to be. McMurphy wants to pull them away from their comfort zone‚ and at first it scares Bromden‚ but the fog gradually starts to fade away and
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It is a humans basic function to inspire. In One Flew Over the Cuckoos’s Nest by Ken Kesey and K-PAX directed by Iain Softley. Prot and McMurphy‚ both‚ inspire the patients. Both pieces of literature involved a psychiatric hospital and the main character in both K-PAX and in One Flew Over the Cuckoos’s Nest changed the one the institutions were run in positive ways. Also‚ the patients in both hospitals were more aware of themselves and were able to stand up for themselves. In both K-PAX and One Flew
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grain crop in one operation‚” or a machine that cuts and levels out that which it consumes. Society is like a combine in that it restrains‚ manipulates‚ and obliterates anyone who tries to stand up against it. Through his recount of the story of McMurphy and the other patients in the ward‚ Bromden shows that the Combine is able to control the patients by generating fear of authority and punishment in them‚ manipulating them by toying with these fears‚ and shutting down anyone who shows resistance
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Society is structured as such that those who inhibit it are nurtured to be perfect individuals‚ complicit and expected to conform to the rules. Breaking the pattern‚ as seen with the struggles of characters such as Billy Bibbit‚ Dale Harding and Randle McMurphy‚ can be viewed as a herculean task. The deep-rooted and dangerous effects of uniformity on the human brain can be seen in childhood and beyond‚ clearly shown with Chief Bromden’s past and present. Breaking such norms
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In the book‚ “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ the main character‚ Chief Broom‚ is talking about the blacks orderlies are hateful and think that he can’t hear. As he is mopping the floors in the asylum‚ he comes in contact with a lady they call “Big Nurse”. You really never know how she is going to react at any moment‚ but when she does it’s not going to be good. Whenever the author talks about how Chief is in the closet hiding from the orderlies and thinking back on when him and his father went
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requirement. They chose to play a certain role‚ so that they would get no closer to punishable treatment. The patients eventually manipulate the ward under the illusion of their mental illnesses. But it wasn’t until the arrival of the protagonist Randal McMurphy. The mental hospital was at a stagnant state before his appearance. He came into the ward so open and confident with his state of mind. It inspired the patients and competed with Ratched’s control. The fog machine during the group meetings is another
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one he used to shield himself from other people and from reality. When McMurphy argues with Big Nurse about watching the World Series‚ the fog rolls in heavy and surrounds Bromden‚ but one of the things he sees in the fog is his father‚ who he tends to associate with nature because his childhood was surrounded by the natural world. After this‚ Chief continues through a dream-sequence with the fog all around‚ but when McMurphy calls for a vote‚ he manages to push through the fog and raise his hand
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and freedom‚ a disaster occurs and the freedomer leaves. In Cuckoo’s Nest‚ Randall McMurphy is this person. He tries to help the patients by allowing them to stand up for themselves. This change helps people to either stand up or return living with restrictions. Nurse Ratched‚ the antagonist of Cuckoo’s Nest sends the patients who rebel to the Electroshock Therapy room. As means of something‚ this causes McMurphy to be even angrier towards her which sends him to get a lobotomy. This is Cuckoo’s Nest’s
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Evaluation A feminist lens best fits this novel because of the main conflict of power between Nurse Ratched and Randle McMurphy. Throughout the novel‚ Nurse Ratched tries to exclude the patients from the outside world and strips them of their individuality and their freedoms. The gender roles in this novel are reversed‚ with the women as the strong and powerful and who are the ones in charge‚ while the men are the weak and helpless who fear the women in charge. As patient Harding said‚ “We are the
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Comparison of two texts‚ “One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “To Kill a Mocking Bird” | How do the authors of To Kill a Mockingbird and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest use literary techniques to explore the concepts of isolation? Isolation and courage in the form of racism and discrimination is an analogous concept explored in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird and Ken Kesey’s novel One flew over the cuckoo’s nest. The authors exemplify the conflicts of isolation displayed by the
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