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    patients in. McMurphy wants to make changes so he tries to get the patients away from the state of mind the fog puts them in. The fog becomes an escape from reality and go to it for comfort "I know why‚ now: as bad as it is‚ you can slip back in it and feel safe. That’s what McMurphy can’t understand‚ us wanting to be safe. He keeps trying to drag us out of the fog‚ out in the open where we’d be easy to get at." pg.128 Towards the end of the book the patients are facing reality because McMurphy has dragged

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    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 in order to save others. As in the Bible with Jesus‚ many do not understand McMurphy and his ways of speaking and acting when he first arrives

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    normal society. When McMurphy first meets him‚ he believes that Bibbit is no crazier than the average guy. *find quote* Bibbit remains trapped under his mother’s control as she maintains a close relationship with Nurse Ratched. The fear these women cause in his life is so great that it creates an uncontrolled stutter. Although resistant at first‚ Bibbit began to trust McMurphy after he makes them realize that Nurse Ratched is not always acting in their best interest. McMurphy believing in Bibbit allowed

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    destructive and tries to talk his way through and out of everything. That man is named McMurphy‚ Randall Patrick McMurphy. Sent to an Oregon State mental ward to avoid 30 days of imprisonment on a work farm. Imagine a man like McMurphy and ask yourself how he would ever be considered a Christ-like character. Throughout the book there are many events‚ symbols‚ and dialogue foreshadowing the relation of McMurphy to Christ. Many occurences symbolize the beginning life and death by crucifixion of Jesus

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    Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kessey‚ Randall Patrick McMurphy is a free spirited man who enters a mental ward in southern Oregon during the 1960’s. He changes the life of everyone there and rebels against the authority of the Big Nurse. As McMurphy meets new patients‚ he tries to have a bigger influence on their lives. McMurphy arrives on the ward thinking he is independent and he wants to bring that independence to the other patients. For McMurphy to help the patients in the ward reach their independence

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    He was chosen as a gatekeeper because he has saw firsthand how some food companies prepare and put in their food. Mr. Randle says that some of the health needs in Tarrant are diabetes and high blood pressure. Mr. Randle suffers from obesity which played a part in his diagnosed in diabetes. Mr. Randle says that obesity is a growing problem that does not just go away. Mr. Randle said that some of the things he would like to see are more companies switch to healthier menus and food

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    Read: 10/10-10/15 Original Summary: McMurphy wishes to go on a fishing trip with the other patients and a prostitute he knows‚ but Nurse Ratched denies him permission. The doctor later ends up allowing them to go‚ but Chief has an internal conflict within himself on whether or not he should go with them and risk revealing that he isn’t actually deaf and dumb. Later that night‚ Chief accidentally reveals to McMurphy that he can hear and talk‚ and when McMurphy tells him that he should expose everything

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    healing powers of R.P. McMurphy on the patients of the mental hospital. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest takes place in a mental health facility in Oregon. A new patient named McMurphy gets transferred to the ward‚ secretly trying to get out of labor duty in prison. What ensues during his stay changes the lives of all on the ward. McMurphy’s therapeutic healing power‚ his fishing trip‚ and his self sacrifice represent him as a strong Christ figure in the story. McMurphy has a strong healing power

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    like how she is controlling them so they find ways to make her crack. Kesey shows similarities between the Declaration of Independence and what is going on in the book‚ McMurphy and the other patients are trying to replace the authority in the ward just as the people have America have the right to do with the government. McMurphy tries to get Nurse Ratched to crack and show her weakness. He tries anything and everything to make her explode so people see she isn’t as strong as she looks. Big Nurse

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    The six psychological approaches are biological‚ learning or behavioral‚ cognitive‚ sociocultural‚ psychodynamic‚ and humanistic. Each approach is unique in its own way and used by psychiatrists to diagnose the problem. A biological approach is applied when the there is a known medical condition. The medical condition normally connects to mental health‚ and the solution comes from therapy. This particular approach looks at the whole body. The learning or behavioral approach is all about analyzing

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