McMurphy as a Christ figure English 12 Pd 2 3/12/2008 In the book‚ One flew Over the Cuckoos Nest‚ a main character named Randal McMurphy has several connections where he is portrayed as a Christ figure. The Christian faith teaches that life is either sin or salvation. Preachers teach that all humans are sinners‚ yet capable of salvation. McMurphy‚ throughout the novel tries to show the other patients on the ward that they can get better and lead their lives their own ways. He also says lifes miseries
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served a greater purpose to the reader‚ who is essentially being represented in the novel through the ward patients. There is no getting around the symbolic use of the combine as society‚ an inescapable concept in which we all have been placed . Randle McMurphy is our best selves- the difficulty found in how we get to access that part in ourselves amidst such a pressured setting .In the ward‚ Nurse Ratched holds the most amount of power above not only the patients‚ but the other people that work there
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conducted into the characters of both Chief Bromden and Randle McMurphy‚ it is easy to conclude that both have characteristics and preform actions that can be considered heroic. Physically both Bromden and McMurphy are huge. But‚ unlike McMurphy‚ Bromden does not have the self-confidence to match his gigantic exterior. This contrast in personality is due to the idea that Bromden has constantly been maltreated for the entirety of his life. McMurphy‚ on the other hand‚ refuses to be brought down because
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Once Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’s Randle P. McMurphy all have different views on the world around them. The opinions that they have set them apart from the individuals in their society. Each of them handle their customs‚ beliefs‚ rules‚ and behaviors of their own particular societies differently. They are all different from the others in their community but each in their own unique way. Winston’s wife dislikes him while Phoebe‚ Holden’s sister admires him. Randle and Winston were both a threat to
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her care‚ including her subordinates; Randle McMurphy‚ a patient of the hospital‚ who doesn’t want to conform the Nurse Ratched’s rules and total control; and other patients‚ divided to acutes and chronics. Now I’m going to tell the plot of the book in short. So‚ as I said‚ the story takes place in a mental hospital. The narration comes from one of the patients‚ Chief Bromden. One of the main characters is a freedom-loving patient Randle Patrick McMurphy‚ who was transferred to the psychiatric
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McMurphy- McMurphy is outgoing‚ a leader and a rebel. There was a constant power struggle in the movie between the patient’s new found savior McMurphy‚ and the evil Nurse Ratched who rules their wing of the hospital with an iron fist. McMurphy fights to change the system to try to win back the patients’ rights and in the process gain more privileges for the patients and himself. McMurphy also seems to get pleasure out of fighting the system. His motives are simple‚ he wants to help out his fellow
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Ken Kesey’s use of symbolism in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest transforms the novel and the hospital within the novel a microcosm of society‚ a battle between the sane and insane‚ the conformist and the non-conformist. Randle McMurphy’s arrival influenced the lives of almost every person‚ whether patient or employee. Whether or not his motives and actions were moral or good-hearted is difficult to conclude‚ however. On one hand‚ he undoubtedly saved the patients from losing their souls‚ so to
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hospital somewhere in Oregon. She runs all business and daily life in the asylum to her every whim and rules the ward by fear and manipulation. This has gone on for as long as the narrator‚ Chief Bromden‚ can remember. However a new patient‚ Randle McMurphy‚ enters the hospital and begins to wreak havoc upon the system put in place by the nurse. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Keasey‚ the author demonstrates the use of psychotropic drugs and its effects in conjunction with counterculture
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who recounts the tale of protagonist – Randle Patrick McMurphy. McMurphy is admitted to the mental institution and befriends the other patients in his ward and begins a grim struggle with Nurse Ratched. At the core‚ the story is about the struggle between order and chaos‚ and there is no freedom without a little chaos. Yet to maintain order there must be oppression. Whereas McMurphy flies at the seat of his pants‚ Ratchet is an authoritarian stoic. When McMurphy came to the ward he had disrupted the
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than it does help them. Chief Bromden goes through struggles in his life at the ward in order to become clear minded and confident again. McMurphy is a new patient in the ward and he brings a new perspective to the ward. He shows the patients that Nurse Ratched is human and can be beaten. Throughout the novel‚ Chief Bromden undergoes a catharsis through McMurphy by pushing him towards clarity to escape the fog and give the patients confidence in themselves. The role Chief Bromden plays in the
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