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One Who Flew over the Cuckoos Nest vs Dead Poets Society
When seeing the names "One who flew over the cuckoos nest" and "dead poets society" together, one would never think these two films would have such a close resemblance. The setting of the two movies are totally different from the outside, but searching deep it is evident that they are quite parallel with each other. Watching each movie only once limit's the viewer to only catching a fraction of the things that are portrayed in each movie. In both movies there is almost a hero figure present to some and in the eyes of others a rebellious tyrant who goes against the rules, and to be detained in fear of an upbringing. In "Dead Poets Society" a teacher by the name of Mr. Keating teaches in a all boys institution and is an English teacher. Keating has no regard for the set course curriculum and encourages his students to tear pages out of their English books. At such a prestige school these students were shell shocked at their teachers attitude towards English and life in general. Keating was there for his students and wanted them to break free from the puppet strings that were attached to them. In the other film "One Who Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" the rebellious figure, who enters the institution is Mc Murphy after he is convicted of convicted of statutory rape. First impression of Mc Murphy is that he is a perfectly sane mane and should not be in the loony bin with all the others. Mc Murphy is a gambling man who only looks out for things he can benefit from. Mc Murphy is the leader in the institution and all the men look up to him for advice. Mc Murphy represents freedom just like Keating they both are the captains of their so called ships. Both of these captains try to lead their crew to freedom and away from oppression. Keating's escape from the school is encouraging his students in an indirect way to start up the Dead Poets Society, which Keating had started back when he was in their shoes. To be apart of the Dead Poets Society meant the

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