Comparing Truman Show 'And' One Flew Over The Cuckoo's

"Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight".

I want you to close your eyes for a moments and imagine living in a world where there is no religion, no politics, no patriotism, no laws and no status quo. In this world, everyone can believe what they want to and act however they feel. There are no social protocols. That is what life would be like without society.

A society is a group of people associated together because of their similar beliefs and cultural influences. Whilst the fantasy I just described might sound liberating, it is quite simply, a fantasy. It is human nature to seek out like minded people and form a group with them. This is an integral part of our human need for social interaction

society is explored in the film The Truman Show by Peter Weir, the novel One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, and the song Rejects by 5 Seconds Of Summer .

When an individual becomes part of a society they are stripped of their privacy and labelled as public property leading to the loss of individuality. This issue is examined thoroughly in The Truman Show, where Truman is essential made into marketable material . The extent of Truman's publicity is made clear to the audience in the opening scene where the camera zooms out from a close up of Truman to a TV screen, showing a 'live' symbol . Through this simple sign, Weir demonstrates how the individual is 'live' to society. Every action made, every word verbalised and every emotion shown is being watched and critiqued . This is also seen in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest, where Nurse Ratchet is at her

The mind is a powerful part of the body, it is responsible for our thoughts and actions and essentially it is what keeps us alive. If society twists a beings mental state to one of poor health, it debilitates the person, causing immense suffering. 5sos explore this concept in Rejects, using assonance, in the line "my teacher said I was mentally disabled, so unstable". The teacher is warping the subjects view of their ability to gain authority over them. The song then goes on to say that because of this they would stay in bed all day, demonstrating how crippling the controlling hand of society can be. Perhaps the most comprehensive and thorough investigation into the power gained through warping an individual's mental state is Ken Kesey's in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. In his novel Kesey explores the effects of a mental hospital used to forced individual's to conform