very good friends with Billy’s Mother notices this and takes advantage of this to take control over Billy when he doesn’t cooperate or when he misbehaves. A firm example of this is when Billy fooled around with Candy‚ who was snuck into the ward by Mcmurphy. Nurse Ratched walked in on them both naked. “`What worries me‚ Billy‚’ she said—I could hear the change in her voice—`is how your poor mother is going to take this.’ `Duh-duh-don’t t-tell‚ M-M-M-Miss Ratched. Duh-duh-duh—‘” (Kesey 314) Aside from
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which limits the characters’ physical freedoms. The characters are constantly coerced and demeaned by the antagonist Ms. Ratched which limits their mental freedoms. Beneath all is a subtext of sexual repression which is constantly fought against by McMurphy. Individually‚ each of these subjugations might be tolerated given exclusions to the others‚ but together they weigh down the men to the point where their complete lack of freedom almost becomes a comfort. Mental hospitals are typically secure
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Institutions are found in almost all aspects of our lives‚ whether in the form of family‚ schooling‚ friendships and so on. They are an essential and natural occurrence that provides both positive and negative functions in life. Depending on the motivation or reason behind their formation‚ they can function in many different ways. In the novel “Raw” written by Scott Monk‚ and the play “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”‚ institutions are hugely evident and crucial to the progression of the two stories
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the head Nurse of the asylum‚ and is the main voice on who leaves‚ and what actions should be done to make them fit for society’s robotic world. In every aspect‚ she oozes conformity. Even her appearance fits the mold of what society wants. When McMurphy faced her with rebellion‚ Chief describes how well and calmly she handles it. “Her face is still calm‚ as though she had a cast made and painted to just the look she wants. Confident‚ patient‚ and unruffled. No more little jerk‚ just that terrible
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the Cuckoo’s Nest the ideas of Institution and Individual Experience are explored deeply. The ideas are conveyed through the characters of the story. They include Randle Mcmurphy‚ Chief Bromden‚ Billy Bibbit and a number of side characters. The effects of institution are quite apparent on the main character Mcmurphy. What Mcmurphy thinks will be an easy sentence in the Institution ends up as a nightmare for him. Life inside the ward begins to weigh down on him heavily‚ as he struggles under the conditions
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as if the human brain can only take so much and it results in insanity. Social groups in this book are seen and represented as something they aren’t. Three examples are McMurphy‚ The black male nurses‚ and the women nurses. McMurphy enters the ward and is automatically suspected to be different from the other patients. McMurphy is seen as the leader to all the other patients because he is strong and stands up for himself and he exudes this
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witnessed from page 143-145 of the novel where in the span of hours‚ McMurphy unnecessarily lashes out at both Harding and Martini with no specific reason. He is shown to holler and whilst shuffling‚ scatters a deck of cards in frustration. The film‚ although incorporating his criminal past and some of his violent outbursts such as the shattering of Nurse Ratched’s window‚ softens the negative parts of his behaviour and show McMurphy to be the true hero of the film; the one attempting to question the
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be Manipulated The deeper people get into the system‚ the more severe the consequences. This is true of the nonconformists in the story‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ which takes place in a mental ward in Oregon during the late 20th century. McMurphy‚ the protagonist‚ wants to against Nurse Ratchet’s dictatorship‚ but ends up dying in the process. This shows that there are severe consequences when going against an established system. However‚ what is interesting is that various characters in
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Bromden. Chief Bromden tells the story of a fellow inmate‚ Randle McMurphy‚ who is in the hospital to avoid serving the rest of his prison sentence on the claim of insanity. Randle McMurphy is rebellious and stands up to the cruel Nurse Ratchet all throughout the novel. The novel discusses the various treatments given to patients in the mental facility such as anti-psychotic drugs‚ electroshock therapy‚ and lobotomies. Randle McMurphy receives electroshock therapy and is eventually ordered to undergo
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Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey both focus on how to make people behave. Foucault’s theory explains that if surveillance is used on people in seclusion‚ the authorities will claim ultimate control. Kesey’s novel challenges this theory once new ward member McMurphy is transferred in‚ as he provokes
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