One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Analysis

One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest Have you ever wondered the difference between sanity and inanity? The difference might not seem to big when you think about it but in all reality, being sane is almost looking at completely normal compared to being insane, and having many too just one mental illnesses and seeing complete non normal. Reading One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and listening to Eyln Saks, Ted talk you can see how insanity can effect ones life. Just because you are diagnosed with a mental illness does not make you completely insane. In both stories, the main characters are diagnosed with schizophrenia. In the story One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Chief Bromden is a diagnosed schizophrenic. Bromden pretends to be deaf so the nurses of the asylum don't bother him. He is the "longest-residing patient" and keeps a lot to himself. While pretending to be deaf, leads him to the knowledge of secrets about the ward. Although he has a lot of mental distractions from his past, the new patient, Randal McMurphy has created new problems for the ward to
While Saks was younger and being hospitalized many times, she was told that she wouldn't be able to do what most adults are able to do such as, keeping a job, live on her own, getting married to a loving partner, and so on. She then proved everyone wrong. This is where her story comes into play. She has proved that just because she has a mental illness does not mean that she can't do what her heart desires. While her success has a lot to do with the help of treatment and medication, she has over come and learned to accept the fact that she has schizophrenia. Elyn Saks is a great example of some sanity. She is capable of living on her own it took her many times in the hospital to learn that she can do it on her own but feels safe in the real