The participants chosen were emotionally stable, mature, physically healthy and law abiding citizens. After just a few days of the experimental prison life, it was unbelievable to see how such people could easily slip into roles and be perverse to others around them. The prisoners at one point decided to try and take over the prison. After the guards witnessed this, they became more cruel and punished the prisoners even more. It was amazing to see how well some of the participants that were guards possessed this position so easily.
Randle McMurphy is a convict, accused of statutory rape charges, who feigns mental illness in order to be relieved of his work detail. Once McMurphy is admitted into the asylum he befriends several other patients and becomes a hero figure to them through his rebellion towards Nurse Ratched and her strict order she has instilled into the asylum. He is a very social individual and free spirit who accepts the other patients as inmates. McMurphy is non judgmental and does not make the other patients feel like social outcasts. He is a foil to the character of Nurse Ratched, who tries to create order by playing on the weaknesses of the inmates in an attempt to get them to conform to social norms.
Even though the prisoners lived in a community where they faced conflict abnormal to everyday life, and the unjust authority of their captors there was hope. The circumstances overpowered by the nature of friendship was enforced with the alternative worldview, which is seen throughout the movie especially in the
The Charater of Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Chief Bromden, a tall American-Indian mute is the central character that symbolizes the change throughout the text and also throughout society. Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest uses this character that is subject to change as the narrator event though his perceptions cannot be fully trusted. Initially the ward is run as if it was a prison ward, but from the moment the brawling, gambling McMurphy sets foot on the ward it is identified that he is going to cause havoc and provide change for the patients. McMurphy becomes a leader, a Christ like figure and the other patients are his disciples. The person who is objective to listen to his teachings at first is Chief Bromden (often called Bromden), but then he realizes that he is there to save them and joins McMurphy and the Acutes (meaning that they have possibility for rehabilitation and release) in the protest against Nurse Ratched, a bureaucratic woman who is the protagonist of the story, and the `Combine' (or society).
Both Zac and Julie use their medication to bring themselves to an altered state of consciousness, helping them cope with everyday life in the institution. Although their means of escaping reality is the same, the effect ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ has on them as an individual differs. For Julie, both medication and Cosi Fan Tutte play a part in helping her live in the ward. Being on ‘junk’ helps her escape from the reality around her, whereas Cosi Fan Tutte helps her escape the somewhat reality that she is overly dependent on drugs in her life and that she has been forcefully committed by her parents into the institution for it. While in the institution Julie uses the comparison of not being on drugs to ‘limbo’, yet she is happy coming to the theatre to act with Lewis and the other patients.
Having others go against society with them could have been the reason for their success. McMurphy learnt this the hard way, as he tried to fight against Nurse Ratched by himself for his individuality. Even though he continued to fail, he did not give up. McMurphy started to become not only a hero, but a leader to the other patients at the ward. They began to realize what he was fighting for and the example he was making for them.
All the characters are from the same environment but they are all different in their own unique way, some think that it is ok to stay “D and D” and others think that, that is wrong and everyone should use their voice. People can also see that the longshoremen stand by the corrupt people such as Johnny Friendly and his goons just so they can continue to have work and do not get killed. The environment in which the individual lives in can have a significant impact on our values and beliefs; in the film Terry changes when his morals are impacted when meeting Edie.
Many of the men couldn’t take it, they had to be released even though it was just an experiment it was starting to feel real to some of the prisoners. The Zimbardo experiment ties into The Thomas Theorem. Even though the experiment was “play-acting” it still has real consequences. The men were experienced to how it feels to be in prison. Although it was acting, the experience still felt real.
Criminal Justice Organization And Administration Issues Concerning Inmate Populations Carol Ashworth CJ132 Writing Assignment 3 July 26, 2010 The release of sexual tension is an inherent and natural part of being human. Under normal circumstances, this release can be fairly easily obtained. However, in correctional institutions, this “free” release is virtually impossible. It is not only the physical environment but also the strictly enforced, man-made rules that force the inhabitants to find means to an end – certainly no pun intended. Since it is against prison policy for inmates to engage in sexual acts, they find creative ways around policy and sex by and between them is generally mutual.
Yet what makes this speech powerful is it has the ability to relate to and possibly persuade the audience in an effective manner. This aspect grants him the power to fulfill his life’s purpose which is to educate the audience of the evil of indifference and to learn from past mistakes. Elie Wiesel was a victim of the Nazi hatred toward the Jews in World War II. He was sent to a ghetto and then to several concentration camps. He survived the horror and was liberated by American soldiers, but he has been changed forever.