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    One flew over the cuckoo nestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” The film “One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” accurately depicts and presents the various psychological issues‚ such as the use of psychosurgery‚ institutionalism inside the psychiatric hospital and the medical and societal attitudes towards patients during the 1960s. Set in 1963‚ the film uses characters – patients and authority figures alike – and setting to accurately depict various aspects of psychological treatments‚ theories and concepts

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    KEN KESEY Bibliography: • One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest‚ Viking‚ 1973. • Sometimes a Great Notion‚ Viking‚ 1964. • Keseys Garage Sale‚ Viking‚ 1973. • Kesey‚ Northwest Review of Books‚ 1977 (Edited by Michael Strelow). • The Day After Superman Died‚ Lord John Press‚ 1980. • Demon Box‚ Viking‚ 1986. • The Further Inquiry‚ Viking 1990 • Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear‚ Viking 1990. • The Sea Lion‚ Viking‚ 1991. • Sailor

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    When a person is born‚ they are taught to be themselves and that they are free. However‚ as time goes on‚ society deems what “themselves” should be. In One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kessey‚ a story is told about a new patient‚ McMurohy‚ who arrives into an asylum ward and causes trouble. Much like the world today‚ there is a force of individuality and a force of conformity. In the book‚ the main character‚ Chief Bromden‚ must decide on whether he wants to become a minion to society or have

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    Actually Therapeutic Thesis: In Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ Nurse Ratched exposes the patients to electro-shock therapy and lobotomies‚ drug therapy‚ and group therapy; while McMurphy teaches the men to stick up for themselves using laughter‚ resistance to the Big Nurse‚ and a fishing trip. I. Nurse Ratched’s Therapy A. Electroshock Therapy and Lobotomies 1. The Shock Shop is the one place where the Big Nurse completely dominates how the patients are treated therapeutically

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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest By: Kevin Jackson Have you ever had a teacher‚ coach‚ family member‚ or even a friend who wants to have complete control over everything you do? Nurse Ratched (Ratched) is the type of person who wants control‚ but at the same time she wants everyone to think of her as a nice woman. Ratched wants her mental institution to be like a dictatorship. The only difference is that Ratched wants it done more secretly‚ so that all of Ratcheds’ patients think that they are in

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    stay in " The Cuckoos Nest" for the rest of the time. He was wrong though. He was actually admitted which means that he could only leave when the doctors thought he was better. He was only 1 of 3 that was actually admitted. He thought he was smart but in the end he dies for being lazy. He gets into a fight with one of the guards and he is given electric shock of 10‚000 volts every day for 2 weeks. Then he came back and he was just like he was before. Then he invited these 2 girls over to have a party

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    In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestKen Kesey criticizes the expectations to conform to society during the time of the Cold War through the rebellion of many of his characters. In the early 1950’s‚ America entered into a Cold War with the Soviet Union. The situation in the United States was very hostile and many citizens did not approve of military and political decisions made by our nation leaders. One of these citizens was Jack Kerouac. Kerouac became the leader of the Beat Movement

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    movie is the constant battle between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched. They are constantly trying to gain an edge over each other to have control over the patients. This happens in both the book and the movie. McMurphy ends up becoming the biggest influence until he is killed at the end. Nurse Ratched ends up winning the battle by outlasting McMurphy‚ but also loses because McMurphys’ influence has changed the attitudes of the patients forever. The ending to the book and the movie is also a great similarity

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    brings these elements in and out of their life to fix the problem. The events in the environment can be rewards or punishments that will influence the patients behavior. The cognitive perspective is about understand a patients thinking and understanding. How we process‚ store‚ and retrieve information influences our behavior. It is said that all problems are located in the brain‚ and using this perspective you can find a medical issue that is affecting how the brain is working. The sociocultural approach

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    A Machine of Society In Ken Kesey’s book “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”‚ he creates an interesting comparison between society and its goal to have those who are striving to be in society conform to a uniform mold. Kesey does this through the use of the Combine‚ a symbol of society as a culturally unifying force. Bromden‚ a patient in the ward and the narrator of the novel‚ creates this Combine is his mind to explain the function of power how it is used to then control others. This machine controls

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