One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Research Paper
World Literature
12 January 2014
Society’s Insanity
Society’s harsh expectations and norms force people into conformity, while those who reject society’s views are labeled as insane. Kent Kesey’s novel, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, depicts the so called “insanity” of men in a mental institution. Although mental institutions are known for containing insane people, the men in this mental ward are not so different from a “sane” person. They show the same desires and characteristics as normal people. Society oppresses the men and makes their differences look crazy and strange. They are unable to fit well into the rigid rules and standards of society, and are incapable of dealing with society’s pressures forcing them to take refuge in the mental ward. …show more content…
He makes them see that they are well and not sick. For the first times in years the man laugh. He pulls them out of their drugged out minds “that big red hand of McMurphy 's is reaching into the fog and dropping down and dragging the men up by their hands, dragging them blinking into the open” (140). He helps them get out of the zombie like state that they are in “and I was seeing sharp and high-pitched too, everything was sharp and clear and solid like I forgot it could be” (198). McMurphy helped them fight against the Nurse and society “it 's fogging a little, but I won 't slip off and hide in it. No... never again” (287). He made them want to live their lives instead of being fogged up and unable to do anything “I worked at it. I 'd never worked at coming out of it before” (288). McMurphy gave them strength to believe that “maybe the Combine wasn 't all-powerful” (305). He gave the men freedom by making the nurse let them play cards in the tub room and showing them how to play basketball. He pulled me out of their daze and showed them they had a voice. He made the men believe they were normal and gave them their lives
12 January 2014
Society’s Insanity
Society’s harsh expectations and norms force people into conformity, while those who reject society’s views are labeled as insane. Kent Kesey’s novel, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, depicts the so called “insanity” of men in a mental institution. Although mental institutions are known for containing insane people, the men in this mental ward are not so different from a “sane” person. They show the same desires and characteristics as normal people. Society oppresses the men and makes their differences look crazy and strange. They are unable to fit well into the rigid rules and standards of society, and are incapable of dealing with society’s pressures forcing them to take refuge in the mental ward. …show more content…
He makes them see that they are well and not sick. For the first times in years the man laugh. He pulls them out of their drugged out minds “that big red hand of McMurphy 's is reaching into the fog and dropping down and dragging the men up by their hands, dragging them blinking into the open” (140). He helps them get out of the zombie like state that they are in “and I was seeing sharp and high-pitched too, everything was sharp and clear and solid like I forgot it could be” (198). McMurphy helped them fight against the Nurse and society “it 's fogging a little, but I won 't slip off and hide in it. No... never again” (287). He made them want to live their lives instead of being fogged up and unable to do anything “I worked at it. I 'd never worked at coming out of it before” (288). McMurphy gave them strength to believe that “maybe the Combine wasn 't all-powerful” (305). He gave the men freedom by making the nurse let them play cards in the tub room and showing them how to play basketball. He pulled me out of their daze and showed them they had a voice. He made the men believe they were normal and gave them their lives