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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14) * Pinochle- a popular card game played by two‚ three‚ or four persons‚ with a 48-card deck. "Hello‚ buddy; what ’s that your playin ’? Pinochle?" (P. 17) * Oxblood- a deep dull-red color. "His face and neck are the color of oxblood leather from working long in the fields." (P. 17) * Sinewy- muscular; strong. “The first one she gets five years after I been on the ward‚ a twisted sinewy dwarf the color of asphalt” (P. 31) * Feigning- to give a false appearance of. "Don ’t overlook the
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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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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 not to cure the patients‚ but increase their discomfort as a way of building their own power. The mental ward is made up of male patients‚ and their suffering of mental illness and disabilities derives from a matter of emasculation enforced upon them by the females in the novel. The women are capable of stripping the patients
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One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Book Summary It all begins in an insane asylum with a half-Native American schizophrenic named Chief Bromden pretending to be deaf and dumb to avoid the typical harassment the other patients go through by the Black Boys‚ three African American patients conditioned to be Nurse Ratched’s bodyguards (more like lapdogs)‚ and Nurse Ratched herself‚ the big breasted‚ fine-aged nurse who is known as “Big Nurse” in the asylum for having the reputation of running the asylum
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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST a) Charismatic Leader: McMurphy shows characteristics of a charismatic leader in various ways. McMurphy is transferred to a mental institution for evaluation after he had been convicted of statutory rape. When McMurphy gets to the institution‚ he feels as the institution is very supressed and has a strict regimen that everyone is expected to follow. Unpleasant medical treatments are used to supress the patients. When McMurphy sees this‚ he realizes that the environment
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heart didn’t have the guts to take it’s vows back. My hair was turning grey‚ wrinkles carving deeper in my skin‚ and my quilt knotting hands had grown shakey. In the same fashion as my own mother‚ my mind was frying out‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ plain crazy. I knew it was going to happen‚ it’s
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nurse stood at the front of the group and implored people to share about their days. A few people dominated the conversation‚ especially Mr. CEO-Off-His-Meds‚ but Gwen found herself riveted by his 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
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and about how there was a lot of orphans. Lucia is carrying Don Fernando’s first child. Chapter #57: Manuel finally made it the city where Margarita and her family were staying. He talked Don Fernando about the things that were going on from where he came from. Manuel found out that the family was in a train wreck on their way up to the city‚ he was very surprised. Manuel bought an agape for Margarita. Chapter #58: Manuel gave Margarita the agape that he had bought her then he kissed her. Manuel
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which lead to constant battles for dominance. Nurse Ratched‚ and her matriarchy run the ward 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
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