McMurphy had free will and ask why instead of just going with her orders. This caused the other patients to follow McMurphy and begin to stand out and question Ms Ratched Theory. Nurse Ratched Totalitarian System was then in danger. Anyone who apposed her was deemed disobedient and was sent to the disturbed section of the ward. The Nurse then reacted to the actions with multiple treatments of shock therapy.
Women as castrators, society’s destruction of natural impulses, and false diagnoses of insanity are some of the themes which are reinforced by the Chief’s madness and hallucinations in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The main weaknesses of using Chief Bromden as the narrator of the novel are due to the fact that the Chief continuously describes his hallucinations as if they were present and constantly has flashbacks of his past which can be confusing. Additionally, his opinions on the events and characters that take place at the ward can be a biased opinion of the Chief. This particularly interferes with our knowledge and understanding about what is actually happening at the ward. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, one very confusing thing that interferes with our understanding of reality and fantasy is Chief
When Nurse Ratched adds “For a while” this insinuates instantly before chief tells the story that something was done with Mr.Taber to restrict him from being a “Ward Manipulator”. This directly foreshadows what happens to McMurphy. ~ The treatment of “Ward Manipulators” is also a direct reaction from the Nurse to a disruption on her ward. The reaction is some type of medical treatment that you then learn is entirely uncalled for. It isn’t for the benefit of the patient but for the benefit of her authority over the
Each of the ward patients follows Nurse Ratched orders because they fear her. McMurphy helps the patients by challenging the Big Nurse position. When McMurphy challenges the Nurse, he shows the patients how tough and courageous he is. This influence the patients to be more aplomb and fearless. McMurphy is a martyr because he does all he can to challenge the patients at the ward to find themselves.
He creates a symbolic world where Nurse Ratchet disregards the rights of her patients, subjects them to undeserved punishments, and controls every aspect of their day-to-day lives, and exacts her revenge on the would-be hero McMurphy. Ken Kesey shows his distaste for the system by creating McMurphy, a voice that the patients can follow as a leader that stands up for their cause. This is what Ken Kesey wanted for our society, and that is why McMurphy was created to destroy the systems foundation so that the society could reconstruct it. McMurphy symbolizes much more than just fixing a broken system. He symbolizes standing up for freedom and the rights that
This refusal leads the characters to an ultimate conflict with an individual closely related to the government. This government individual is used to point out the irrationality of the governments rule. The exploitation of technology and power the government obtains in both novels is a harsh glance into
Frankenstein was being written in a time when philosophers and writers such as Rousseau and John Locke where developing their ideas on the human condition. Rousseau’s Theory of Natural Human, which acknowledged that morality was not a societal construct but rather “natural” and “innate”, is questioned throughout the novel. Shelley examines the effect of society and knowledge on the innate goodness of the Creature, suggesting that he has become the monster that Victor sees him as because of the unwillingness of his creator to accept him and nurture him. The idea that humans’ innate goodness is tainted and polluted by society is present when the Creature expresses that his “sorrow only increased with knowledge” and this “increase of knowledge only discovered to [him] more clearly what wretched outcast [he] was”. The relationship between Frankenstein and the Creature is also paralleled with that of Lucifer and God and this is shown when the Creature, a symbol of humankind, acknowledges that “I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed”, suggesting that had it been nurtured/educated, it would have become an
It can be easily inferred that without a sane mind, one can respond to fear differently or the same as a person with a sane mine. McMurphy is the main character in this book. He is portrayed as someone who strives to get what he wants. The chief, who is the narrator in this book, makes McMurphy seem like a narcissistic, selfish imbecile. When he came to the ward they were having second thoughts about him being mentally ill.
Throughout my study of the individual, I have come to realise that the establishment’s desire for control, discourages individuality and has serious consequences for society. This is portrayed in Jonathan Demme’s film ‘Manchurian Candidate’ (2004) and Ken Kesey’s ‘One flew over the cuckoos nest” (1969). Both texts indicate that from any context it is hard to be an individual, because of the power, control and deception of the establishment, and the consequences of personal expression. An individual is anyone who defies against the rules and regulations of the establishment, being the media, governments and organisations. In both Manchurian and Cuckoo’s the individual is immersed in a dominating
Conflict can occur when there is an imbalance of power, causing certain individuals to rise up against this oppression to try and shift the disparity of power. In V for Vendetta, Moore explores this idea through the character of V, who represents individuality and anarchism in a society that is controlled by a fascist, oppressive government. The sombre use of pallet at the beginning of the graphic novel is a reflection of the lack of individuality in this society, as oppression by the government has prevented self-expression and the formation of one’s own opinion. The illustration of a street camera with the sign ‘FOR YOUR PROTECTION’ underneath, as well as the implementation of a curfew and the use of speakers for public propaganda broadcasts, suggests a more sinister motive behind these actions and demonstrates how there can be no freedom of expression in a society where your every move is monitored. There is no ‘talk of freedom…or individual liberty’ in a totalitarian society that rules by force.