“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: an allegory of Communism Have you ever heard anything about the lives of people who live in a Communist country? I am personally one of those whose family struggled 18 years without individual rights and freedom under the Communist rule. I am familiar with the lives of those people. These experiences are not found in any Communist books. Before 1975‚ Vietnam was a republic. On April 30th‚ 1975‚ Communists took over the country. They claimed that our country
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Pages: 162-175 Chapter 16 & 17 Main Characters in chapter 17 & 18 1) Chief Bromden 2) Randle McMurphy 3) Charles Cheswick 4) Nurse Ratched 5) Nurse Pilbow Summary Chapter 17 • One night Bromden doesn’t take his medication • Because of this he gets out of bed • While he’s up he looks out to a window. He can see that the hospital is surrounded by countryside and notices a dog looking for something • Soon an aid and a nurse come to put him back to sleep
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explain to McMurphy that their “disabilities” and “mental illnesses” are simply the results of how society (Nurse Ratched included) has treated them‚ how this has affected the way they see themselves‚ and their reaction. Billy is hugely impacted by what he perceives others’ opinions of him to be‚ especially those close to him; the same goes for the Chief‚ whom the reader finds out has pretended to be deaf and dumb because he felt unheard. The Chief describes Billy’s explanation to McMurphy of why he
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character‚ especially‚ McMurphy by Jack Nicholson. As a prisoner‚ McMurphy is tired of the harsh jail days and hopes to have a better and easier life in the psychiatric ward. However‚ while he lives and contacts with other patients‚ he realizes that the ward is like a hell without freedom and vitality. McMurphy’s characteristics are very attractive and vivid. He is clever‚ sly‚ and fearless. He loves freedom and respects friendship. The mischief and intelligence of McMurphy are proven in each scene
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Chief is saying‚ they really believe that Chief is deaf and dumb‚ just like everyone in the ward’s been saying. One example from the movie that the reader can see that Chief is “dumb” and deaf is the basketball game. McMurphy is trying to teach Chief to play basketball and while McMurphy is speaking to him‚ the audience can assume that he really is deaf because Chief doesn’t
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When McMurphy is enrolled in the hospital‚ Nurse Ratched has a set of rules set forth that everyone is to comply to so they can become healthy. However‚ McMurphy being the misogynistic character that he is‚ starts a war between the nurse and himself as he finds the rules overbearing. McMurphy then shows a hatred of women as he disrespects the nurse and fails to comply to the rules she set in place
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impossible to tell of Bromdens life in a movie‚ much less show the world from his point of view as in the book. Bromden is still a very interesting character but the real puzzle to his problems is lost. McMurphy is a very sly‚ cunning man. He knows how to play his game and does it well. In the book as McMurphy progresses‚ he goes through many stages where he is rebellious‚ then docile‚ then rebellious again. This is due to the fact that he learns exactly what it means to be committed and what it takes
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“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was written by Ken Kesey in 1962‚ I have read up to page 145 or the end of Part 1. The narrator of the book is Chief Bromden‚ who is a long-term patient in Nurse Ratched’s‚ or Big Nurse‚ psychiatric ward. Chief Bromden pretends to be deaf and dumb‚ allowing him to listen to all the secrets and stories of his inmates. Bromden has been patient at the ward the longest ‚second to the Big Nurse‚ since World War II. At the beginning of the story Bromden tells us the different
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Although these characteristics make him a reliable source and a high-quality narrator‚ because of Chief’s hallucinations and paranoia‚ some of his opinions and visions are misleading. If the story were told through a sane character‚ such as Randal McMurphy‚ the distinction between reality and illusion would have been more lucid. Using Chief Bromden as a narrator puts limitations on the reader’s interpretations‚ but also gives a very reliable and creative perspective of the events in Ken Kesey’s‚ One
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it is not a hallucination. However‚ it is only the ending of the novel that ultimately proves Kesey’s thesis that as long as one does not become dependent on the rebel figure‚ any citizen can regain their free will and individuality. When he kills McMurphy‚ it is an altruistic gesture
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