Devoir de Philosophie

Mcmurphy

Publié le 14/11/2012

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In 1950's during the cold war, fear and horror fill the air in the society makes people hate changes. In the novel, "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey, the author demonstrate the way society behaves when seeing a very different person through the use of characters as McMurphy and Nurse Ratched, who both act against of each other, McMurphy represents his personal freedom and free will in society, on the other hand, big nurse over-pressing and abuse that controlled people's mind during that time. In the novel, Nurse Ratched, the big nurse, is a woman of monotonous rule, strict and use her over-power to press the patients, was turned upside down by Randle Patrick McMurphy. Once on the ward, McMurphy helps the men to truly express their-self and experience the feeling to be free and laugh as the way they want, to embrace their masculinity and sexuality. The above reasoning is the evidence of personal freedom and free will. McMurphy is a sign of personal freedom an...

« make an example to other patient that their own freedom comes by fighting against the injustice and over-power.

The Chef was somehow affect by McMurphy’s altitude towards the society and big nurse.

When McMurphy convinces the Chief to organize the fishing event, away from the big nurse, away from the oppression of the institution, he signs his name to support him.

McMurphy tries to help the patients and even the Chef, to build their own feelings of self-worth and confidence.

McMurphy also gets the men’s laugher, which is another sign of freedom.

After the fishing trip, Chief starts to have an open mind things, it becomes more clearly.

The Chef says “I could see some good in the life around me.

McMurphy was teaching me”(p.241 ).

Even though at the end he kills McMurphy because he is not a good example anymore, but he leaves the institution by using McMurphy’s example and throwing the control panel through the glass window to go find his own personal waste land.

Yet, it is not just Chief who benefits from the fishing event, Fredrickson, Sefelt and Harding check out of the ward, George transfers to a different ward, and Dr.

Spivey finally stands up to Nurse Ratched.. »

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