Similarities Between Beloved And One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Theme of Love in Beloved and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

In the book, Beloved, by Toni Morrison and the movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, featuring Jack Nickolson, both share a common theme of love and loving oneself. Morrison’s character, Baby Suggs, is the source of love for her people. Similarly, Jack Nicholson’s character McMurphy tries to give the men confidence, so that they can love themselves. To be loved is to be supported, whether succeeds or fail. This support gives the confidence needed to go day to day. In both situations, deprived characters have experienced traumatic events, which have made them unsure of what love is or even feels like. The roles of McMurphy and Baby Suggs are to show these characters

He tells them, “Do you think that you are crazy or something? Well, you’re not. You are no crazier than the average asshole waling around on the streets”(Movie: One flew over the cuckoo’s nest). He tries to show them that all they need is a little support, and the people who they consider to be sane have that love and support. By supporting them, he is sharing his love and trying to show them they can put trust in themselves and that they can love themselves. Since most of the men are voluntarily in the institute. McMurphy tries to show them that they can do almost anything, if they have trust in

She would be in the clearing and say, “Let the children come”, then she would say “ Let your mothers hear you laugh”, “Let the grown men come”, Let your wives and your children see you dance”, “Finally she called to the women and told them ‘Cry’ she told them, ‘for the living and the dead. Just Cry’”(Morrison 87-88). Then she went on to saying, “Love your hands! Love them, Raise them up and kiss them…This is flesh I’m talking about here. Flesh needs to be loved…and a beating heart, love that too. More than eyes or feet. More than lungs that you have to draw that have yet to draw free air…hear me now, love your hearts. For that is the prize”(Morrison 88-89). Baby Suggs is trying to let these people know that know that no matter what your color you have to love yourself. For your heart is the prize of life.

Her affects were shown in the book. The characters were able to think for their own and do thing on their own. When the got the confidence that she was trying to give to them, they could do more things on their own. They knew what it meant it was to be loved. She made a similar impact to the people around her like McMurphy did. They gave them support and love so now the characters were able to make it own their