Ratched is the main source of power and authority in the ward. She has complete control over all of the patients and staff. Although she is technically under the supervision of Doctor Spivey‚ she still possesses the ability to control him as well. When McMurphy is first admitted to the hospital‚ his confident‚ stubborn attitude poses a threat to the Nurse. This threat only motivates her more‚ showing her representation of Friedrich Nietzsche’s theory‚ the will to power. Nietzsche believes that everything
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from hallucinations and delusions. His most prominent fear is that of what he calls the “Combine‚” basically some sort of huge system that controls society and forces conformity. Bromden pretends to be deaf and dumb and tries to go unnoticed. Randle McMurphy is a transfer from Pendleton Work Farm‚ and while he starts of simply as a rebellious‚ charismatic man who loves “women and cards‚” his character evolves to become a leader of sorts‚ in the beginning due to his insubordination and having stood
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has read One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with any sort of biblical knowledge‚ it is obviously apparent that in many ways‚ Randle Patrick McMurphy mirrors Jesus Christ in many ways‚ albeit in an inexact way. While not a perfect mirror‚ much of McMurphy’s character and development are strikingly similar to Christ. For instance‚ near the end of the first part of the book‚ McMurphy is able to convince the other patients to follow him in defying Nurse Ratched during group therapy‚ so they can watch the
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among other “mentally unstable” patients‚ who are all controlled by Nurse Ratched. To her dismay‚ a man named Randall McMurphy enters the hospital and disrupts her control over the other patients. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ Ken Kesey uses characters and
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witnessed from page 143-145 of the novel where in the span of hours‚ McMurphy unnecessarily lashes out at both Harding and Martini with no specific reason. He is shown to holler and whilst shuffling‚ scatters a deck of cards in frustration. The film‚ although incorporating his criminal past and some of his violent outbursts such as the shattering of Nurse Ratched’s window‚ softens the negative parts of his behaviour and show McMurphy to be the true hero of the film; the one attempting to question the
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further strengthen her rule. Nurse Ratched mainly uses her power to keep as much of the outside world away from her patients as she can. However‚ when McMurphy arrives‚ he uses a change of setting as a way to undermine Nurse Ratched. To the other patients‚ McMurphy is a taste of freedom and of the outside world‚ which is a threat to Nurse Ratched. McMurphy is able to change the scenery of the ward for the patients. He is able to get a new day room in an old tub room that is away from the Nurse’s station
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picaresque novel‚ but it has some contradicting elements as well. Randle McMurphy is the main character in the novel. He is seen at the picaro. The Novel takes place in a Mental Hospital. McMurphy is sent there to finish out he sentence. He was charged for gambling‚ battery and statutory rape. He thinks this will make his sentence easier then jail. However he doesn’t realize Nurse Ratchet is in charge of his Ward. McMurphy realizes how harsh Ratchet is after his first group therapy. He sees how
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the text‚ analyse Casey’s portrayal of McMurphy as a Christ like figure in “one flew over the cuckoos nest.” Ken Casey’s one flew over the cuckoo’s nest shares parallels with the Holy Bible and keeps the reader guessing to the very end. The reader is enabled to analyse situations and characters from a different perspective‚ which Casey has painted through metaphors and uses of biblical symbolism throughout the text. Casey portrays the protagonist Randle McMurphy in such a way that the reader finds
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Evaluation A feminist lens best fits this novel because of the main conflict of power between Nurse Ratched and Randle McMurphy. Throughout the novel‚ Nurse Ratched tries to exclude the patients from the outside world and strips them of their individuality and their freedoms. The gender roles in this novel are reversed‚ with the women as the strong and powerful and who are the ones in charge‚ while the men are the weak and helpless who fear the women in charge. As patient Harding said‚ “We are the
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story’s narrator‚ erases his background story‚ and makes him a less important character. In the film‚ Randle Patrick McMurphy is clearly the hero. The reason for this is that if the movie used Chief as the narrator‚ they would have to include all his background information. These details would most certainly not interest the viewers and would only make the film longer. Hence‚ they made McMurphy the main character to save them from writing about the Chief. Many important aspects of the book were
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