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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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    Josh Jaszcz Psychology Altaire Extra credit Assignment: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Chief Bromden: 1.) Believed to be deaf and mute 2.) None of the characters really pay attention to him 3.) He ends up being completely sane and starts speaking with Mcmurphy 4.) Mcmurphy got him to open up and he ends up branching out and becomes an actual person who cherishes things McMurphy: 1.) Believed to be insane due to his disorderly conduct 2.) Obnoxious and loud. Smart ass 3.) At first

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    The novel‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a good representation of a story that humans are taught to accept and hope for victory of a protagonist‚ whoever that protagonist may be. Patrick McMurphy was the unlikely hero in a non-hero environment. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a novel with a common structure that is enhanced and elevated through the use of Biblical allusions. This novel is also an insane allegory of the Christ story; As the Chris figure in this story‚ McMurphy risks his life

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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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    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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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a Novel Written in 1962 by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon psychiatric Hospital‚ the narrative serves as a fly on the wall view of the institutionalization of madness at the time. As well as serving as an eye opening look into the treatment of the ‘insane’ in 1960s America‚ the novel also touches on an array of political undercurrents and sociological themes relevant to mental health social work‚ such as the treatment of mental distress‚ power‚ oppression and stigmatization

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