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Silence is not a factor of significance. A man who never speaks is not an insignificant one. Chief Bromden watches quietly, he knows all the ins and outs of his prison. He is easily the sanest and most knowledgeable patient in the ward. That is until McMurphy comes along and stirs everything up. In the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the reader hears Bromden’s thoughts and opinions of how terrible the ward and the people within it. The film adaptation directed by Milos Forman, Forman makes the choice to focus on the protagonist of the story, Randle McMurphy. Chief Bromden is hardly present in the film, thus leaving the true characterization of many main characters underdeveloped. It is difficult for the viewer to truly get a sense of significance for key events in the film if the narrator of the original story is cut out.

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Throughout history there has been a veil of mystery surrounding what truly goes on inside of asylums. This idea is illustrated clearly in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest on multiple occasions. One example can be seen when R.P. McMurphy takes to writing letters to people he knows in order to get them to ask questions about what is really going on. By doing so, he hopes to reveal the truth behind the world he finds himself in. Additionally, in the world of McMurphy, electroshock therapy is still being used. However, this type of therapy was being used less as a cure for illness, and more as a form of discipline, punishment, and pain infliction. According to Weitz in chapter

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“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is a famous USA movie at November 19, 1975. This movie talks about when Randle Patrick McMurphy was transferred from prison farm to a mental institution, a group people who were diagnosed with mental illness lived here. McMurphy was dynamic, distinguished himself from other patients in the disregard he displays for all authority, the patients treated him as the leader. The big nurse Ratched wanted to controlling over McMurphy as other patients. However, McMurphy was send for a lobotomy after he attacked Ratched, his friend Chief killed McMurphy and finally, he was freedom (Ken Kesey, 2003). This research paper regards to the symptoms, casual factors of narcissistic personality disorder, the type of treatments received from in this film, the influence on others and my personal feelings to this movie.

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In Ken Kesey's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Kesey shows the reader the idea of sanity versus insanity. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is about the struggle between chaos and order. There is no freedom without a little chaos, yet to maintain the order there must be oppression. McMurphy upsets the routine of the ward by asking for schedule changes and aspiring resistance during therapy sessions. He teaches his fellow inmates to have fun, and encourages them to embrace their human desires. He does this by convincing them that not only are they sane, but they are man (real people), in contrast nurse Ratched as an authoritarian. He soon discovers due to this that he is not only trapped behind physical walls but mental ones as well. Many patients

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Madness, Power, Rebellion, and Conformity are some of the many themes that prevail in Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Hamlet both express similar messages of sanity vs. insanity, control, and compliance through their characters.

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Insanity is described as “a derangement of the mind” according to the online dictionary, (Insanity). Throughout the novel, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, it is to be understood that the main character, Randie McMurphy, is portrayed as a mentally deranged being that is purposely breaking all of the wardens’ rules, Nurse Ratchet. From the point of view of the narrator, the story is told about how the feud of the two begins and grows more intense every day. McMurphy is purposely breaking Nurse Ratchet’s rules for multiple reasons, perhaps to make a point that even a mental man can make mistakes and any normal being on this planet. There is imagery, symbolism, and a of metaphors throughout the entire novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest that

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Chief Bromden is the main character in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Chief Bromden, also know as “Chief Broom” is mentally ill in a mental ward. Chief suffers from Schizophrenia, lack of identity, and oppression. Chief Bromden changes throughout the novel by coming out of his fog, becoming aware of his surroundings, and even leaving the mental ward with the help of his friend Mcmurphy.

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In One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, the concept of insanity is proven as a state consipred by society, but is represented as an illness that one individual grants on another. Kesey’s writes his novel through the mind of Chief Bromden, a patient in a mental hospital, who becomes inspired to rebel against the ward by a character named McMurphy. Through characters like McMurphy and Chief Bromden, Kesey shows that the men are not mentally ill, instead they are disturbed by the corrupted treatment from Nurse Ratched. McMurphy and Bromden “are resocialized to play a passive and apathetic role rather than an active one in an effort to change troublesome patterns

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A woman shoots and kills her family in an intense bout of paranoia. She hopes that, by killing her family, she is sending them to a better place. The woman believes she is protecting them because, in her mind, the home is bugged with cameras and recording devices, and her dog is a shape-shifting spy. Eventually, the woman is arrested and brought to court, where she pleads not guilty by reason of insanity. She awaits judgment in court.

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Insanity can make people do unspeakable things, even to the level of murder. In William Golding's fictional novel, Lord of the Flies, Jack Merridew dropped to this level of insanity and brutally murdered two of his fellow islanders. The boys had been stranded on an island for an extensive period of time without any real food or water supply, yet that is no excuse for committing murder. Jack should be charged with first degree murder on behalf of Simon, and accessory to murder in regards of Piggy for he led Simon into a pack of wildly chanting boys and gave Roger the feeling of abandonment causing him to push a boulder onto Piggy.

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Mental illness is any ailment or condition that impacts the way a man considers, feels, carries on, and/or identifies with others and to his or her environment. In spite of the fact that the indications of emotional sickness can extend from mellow to extreme and are distinctive relying upon the kind of dysfunctional behavior, a man with an untreated maladjustment regularly can't adapt to life's everyday schedules and requests. Dysfunctional behavior alludes to an extensive variety of psychological well-being conditions that influence your state of mind, deduction, and conduct. The case of emotional instability incorporates depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, dietary issues and addictive practices. Be that as it may, an emotional well-being concern turns into a dysfunctional behavior when progressing signs and side effects cause regular stretch and influence your capacity to work, a prime example of symptoms shown by Asante's mother, Amina throughout the course of this novel.

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The timing of the release of this film is so remarkably apt as well since American society as a whole was extremely receptive and ready to support and watch a film that dealt with these feelings of anti-establishment. The true beauty of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s nest is that although it is set in a mental institution and revolves around the story of mentally-ill patients it is not a film about mental illness. The film’s simplistic approach to mental illness is not one of it’s faults, because really the film is not about insanity. What, then, is the film exactly about?

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As a culture, I couldn’t agree more that we (as a culture) realize the importance of individuality. Although with the same respect, we also are capable to realize the importance of the community and the urgency of the individual’s role in the structure of society. “March for Our Lives”, “Black Lives Matter”, and the “Me Too” movements have all demonstrated how the sense of a community is substantial in the strengthening of society by respectively creating a change in the following ways: by creating a force against violence, a force against racism (including prejudice), as well as combating issues with violence against women.

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The film One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest demonstrates the struggle between conformity and individuality. Mac McMurphy the main character represents individuality and rebellion against authoritative control. He does not let Nurse Ratchet control him and tries to convince the other patients in the ward to stand up for themselves and not let her push them around. He tries to show them that they are men not children and that Nurse Ratchet is not the boss of them. He helps them rediscover their manly hood by taking them fishing and teaching them how to play basketball.

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We feel that One Flew over the Cuckoo’s nest is filled with many psychological connotations. This movie is set in a mental hospital where McMurphy was admitted to be psychologically evaluated because of violent behavior. Upon his arrival McMurphy noticed that the patients were very robot-like in their actions. The hospital is extremely structured where the patient’s daily life was monotonous. We will discuss the various connotations by answering the following questions that have been asked.

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