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    In the novel‚ One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest‚ by Ken Kesey‚ many of the patients in the ward have lack of self-respect and dignity. The lack of dignity and self-respect causes many people to become depressed‚ and even mentally ill. The three patients that lack the most self-respect and dignity are Billy Bibbit‚ Chief‚ and Harding. These three characters have had tragic past experience that causes them to lose their dignity‚ or "man hood". Billy Bibbit lost his dignity by "flubbing" the proposal

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    stories and others. The old One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest images of a mental hospital were inaccurate. Some patients fidgeted and spoke to themselves‚ but most of them just seemed sad or anxious. To her‚ they were all regular humans‚ struggling‚ and she did not view any one of them as inferior. It seemed more reasonable to adopt a We’re all in this together attitude.

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    In the book & the movie Kidnapped what I found interesting in the movie was when the gun did not shoot when the captain tried to kill Alan and it worked when Davie shot the Captain I also found interesting was when the uncle of Davie said “Why are you here” with gun pointing at Davie. Another part that was interesting was blowing up the ship instead of cashing the ship. The finally part that I found interesting was when Alan killed the head of the Red coats the Red fox. I never thought Alan

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    The film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest directed by Milos Forman exemplifies several social psychological theories and influencing behaviours. This film focuses on Mc Murphy’s problems about obedience and conforming‚ nurse Ratched’s problems with disobedient and nonconformist people and also the situational forces that are affecting the person’s behaviours. The film highlights elements which contribute to all three types of social influence: conformity‚ compliance and obedience One example that

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    The movie itself is very much different from the book. The story was also changed with some of the plot. The movie and the book are both still following the same story line. Along with the same ending. This is what I have noticed between the movie and the book. Number one is that the old man was cruel to the young man. Unlike in the book where it says and I quote “The old man had never wronged me”. That was huge difference. This change also gave him a different reason to kill the old man. That was

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    Chapter Eleven: The Nest of the Missel Thrush “‘Dickon‚’ she said‚ ‘you are as nice as Martha said you were. I like you‚ and you make the fifth person. I never thought I should like five people.” I think the fact that Mary has so rapidly collected a group of people she likes is a good indicator of how rapidly she is gaining happiness. Children like everyone‚ usually‚ because children have this glow about them that makes them cheerful to everyone and everything. “Then Mary did a strange thing. She

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    One of the most important differences between the movie and the book was in the scene where grandmother and Burno’s father interacted. Their relationship seems a lot stronger in the book and has more depth to it. Also‚ we see that grandmothers dislike for the Nazi’s was emphasized more in the books‚ but Bruno’s father is more tolerant of his mother’s views showing he actually cares for her. This is evident in the quote from the book‚ “‘Now mother‚’ said father in a tolerant voice. ‘You know this

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    right to live the life he believes in‚ he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” This quote openly displays that everyone has the right to do as they believe. No one person should have their rights taken away from them‚ especially the right to live as they wish. Nevertheless‚ this occurs in both the novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest written by Ken Kesey and and Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir. In Kesey’s novel‚ the men are oppressed by a controlling head nurse until a newly admitted

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    The first part of the movie is the set-up. You get to find out what the movie is about‚ and the main characters 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

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    seizures. The body’s glandular system responds to electric shock by flooding the body with many major hormones including adrenalin‚ growth hormone‚ thyroxine‚ prolactin‚ and oxytocin. In 1975‚ the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ a story based on Ken Kesey’s novel‚ was released. In the movie‚ Jack Nicholson played the unforgettable character Randle P. McMurphy. McMurphy is given unwanted and unnecessary electroshock treatments in the story. His fellow patients are portrayed as lobotomized-looking

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