In many ways, the world operates like a game. While the weak rely on chance and dumb luck to advance, the cunning will use strategy and manipulation to gain advantage. Nonetheless. not all games played are fair. As Adolf Hitler says, “there could be many players. If you don’t play with them, they’ll play with you”. At times, in order to ensure success, individuals tweak circumstances in their favor, thereby “rigging” the game. Though it may seem pointless to play at this point, forfeiting is beyond the most tactical decision; submission only enables others to continue to cheat, and only through playing their game and defying presumptions, can an individual beat corruption. Ken Kesey encompassed this phenomenon in his novel “One Flew Over …show more content…
Just as Billy and Cheswick, Chief had his own self-image issues. Despite being somewhat of a giant, measuring in at “six f[oo]t-seven” (p.24), Chief felt none of the bravado associated with his size. Instead, Bromden felt “way too little” (p.219), unable to truly be a contributing member of society. As a child, Chief witnessed his “big” (p.219) father’s demise to society’s destructive order , becoming “too little to fight” (p.220) the adversities projected towards him. At a loss for hope, Chief, as his father, became debilitated, pretending to be mute and deaf. Specifically, he began because “it was people that first started acting like [he] was too dumb to hear...or say anything at all” (p.210). In compliance to other’s perception of others, Chief began to lose himself. Moreover, under the shrewd supervision of Nurse Ratched, Chief’s perception of himself worsened. Nevertheless, once Mcmurphy arrived to the hospital, Chief discovered a new side of himself. Mcmurphy’s free-thinking mentality brought upon hope, and reinforced Bromden’s initial strength. One of the first moments Chief felt a regained sense of control over his life was during the World Series. He’d always been considered useless; the patients thought of him as “just a [big] deaf Indian” …show more content…
In this, individual’s regain self-confidence, and in turn inspires others to pursue the same. With Mcmurphy’s unwavering confidence and belief, the impossible seemed achievable, and gave hope to the other patients. Consequently, this phenomena inspired the rest of the patients to band together, and act out against injustice- regardless of the discomfort this imposed upon them. In doing all, an individual is able to evoke self confidence and overcome personal obstacles, just as Chief did. As the novel highlights, life will not always be lawful. Despite the convenience of conformity, individuals must muster up the courage to face the unjust, in order to restore any sense of self-esteem and save the vulnerable. Many humans are frail and cowardly, but with the guidance of a committed leader, even the most grim obstacles can be
He continued to show the patients that the nurses were not in power in fact had little power over him. Inspired patients occurred once again he had inspired them with is lack of surrender to the wards system. With this situation in play this brought up McMurphy picking the needs of patients to motivate his own plan of
It deals with obstacles in life and the ways they are over come. Even if you are different, there are ways for everyone to fit in. The injustices in this book are well written to inform a large audience at many age levels. The book is also a great choice for those people who cheers for the underdogs. It served to illustrate how the simple things in life can mean everything.
People in society tend to face many challenges that occur in their lives. Some of these challenges can affect people's lives in a positive way or a negative way. If they face their challenges in the negative way, they will suffer for a long time. Having confidence in themselves is considered the best way to overcome the suffering they have in their lives. In the novel, The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx, Quoyle deals with many difficult challenges along his life journey by suffering from bad childhood experiences which led him to have a low self confidence, falling in love with the wrong person that made his life miserable, and raising his two children on his own without getting any support from his wife.
I hated Nurse Ratched before and I sure do now. Her sneaky little schemes to turn the patients on each other make’s me furious. I’m glad McMurphy broke down the window; it’ll remind the patients that her power is limited and changeable. Although, she made McMurphy stronger than ever, even with the countless electroshock treatments. Proving his desire to remain strong in the face of tyranny. “And he'd swell up, aware that every one of those faces on Disturbed had turned toward him and was waiting, and he'd tell the nurse he regretted that he had but one life to give for his country and she could kiss his rosy red ass before he'd give up the goddam ship. Yeh!” (Kesey, 187) I agree to some extent, that without her there wouldn’t be a book, she makes the book exciting even if her methods are all but pure. Her character stands as a symbol of the oppression woman received during that time and in a way, the society in which these characters live are flipped. While on the outside woman have no rights, in the ward they are the all mighty, all knowing, powerful, controllable force. So yah, we need Nurse Ratched but I still hate her. During the course of the short novel she destroyed three men, two of which died and the other was lobotomised. “What worries me, Billy," she said - I could hear the change in her voice - "is how your mother is going to take this.” (Kesey, 231) I can’t say I enjoyed Nurse Ratched being strangled by McMurphy, but I do think she deserved it. Although, it was the end to the battle since the Nurse had won the war. By infuriating McMurphy to that point and her ability to remain calm throughout it all, she proved that McMurphy’s action didn’t faze her. She proved that rebelling is feeblish and by lobot...
courage as manifested in ways others act; and (4) respect for individuality of the human
Problems can always cause trouble in the future and in the novel The Fifth Rule, the story’s protagonist, Reef, is in big trouble. During a hearing, Decker, one of the antagonists of the story, states, “ … this young man [Reef] was, you might say, a graduate of North Hills’s rehabilitation program and yet, a year later at age nineteen, he remains a danger to society” (Aker 144). This incident threatened the closure of the North Hills Group, but because of Frank’s previous support, Reef was able to convince the judge to keep the group open. This shows that Reef meeting Frank has really influenced Reef’s life. Frank helps Reef transform from an inconsiderable egoist to a kind and respectable young man. Reef shows what many teenagers experience today. Counsellors, psychiatrists, and rehabilitation centres are all examples of supportive environments in our world today. When teenagers are anxious, they tend to need all the help they can get, just like how Judge Thomas and Frank Colville have helped Reef. This shows how well supportive environments can help change negative experiences into positive
A human being is a complicated entity of a contradictory nature where creative and destructive, virtuous and vicious are interwoven. Each of us has gone through various kinds of struggle at least once in a lifetime ranging from everyday discrepancies to worldwide catastrophes. There are always different causes and reasons that trigger these struggles, however, there is common ground for them as well: people are different, even though it is a truism no one seems to able to realize this statement from beyond the bounds of one’s self and reach out to approach the Other.
Consider McMurphy and Mr. Keating, both characters are very similar in a multitude of ways. Neither of them is in charge as they are both under their respective antagonist, either being Nurse Ratched or Principle Nolan. However throughout the progression of each plot, they both teach and inspire either the patients or the students to become individuals. McMurphy gave the patients the ability to seize back the power from Nurse Ratched through showing them the way how, and teaching the patients that they are their own person and have their own rights. Mr. Keating teaches the students how to be outside the box, as shown when in class he strays from the regular methods of teaching and shows the students a truly out-of-the-box concept about life, “Carpe Diem.” Towards the final moments of the plot, both characters achieve a full commitment to their cause that eventuates in self-sacrifice. McMurphy is lobotomized and Mr. Keating is fired from Welton Academy. However similarly in both plots, after both characters sacrifices themselves they pass on what they have learned and allowed others to beat their struggle for independence. Chief leaves the institution and the students stand up against Principle Nolan with what they believe in. Weir and Kesey use these characters to inspire and support those who struggle for independence and use their characterization as a technique to do so.
The choice that a novelist makes in deciding the point of view for a novel is hardly a minor one. Few authors make the decision to use first person narration by secondary character as Ken Kesey does in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. By choosing Bromden as narrator instead of the central character of Randle Patrick McMurphy, Kesey gives us narration that is objective, that is to say from the outside of the central character, and also narration that is subjective and understandably unreliable. The paranoia and dementia that fill Bromden's narration set a tone for the struggle for liberation that is the theme of the story. It is also this choice of narrator that leads the reader to wonder at the conclusion whether the story was actually that of McMurphy or Bromden. Kesey's choice of narrative technique makes One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest a successful novel.
...el, The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson accentuates the fact that society’s expectations of a character causes negative impacts upon their lives through the creation of a struggle to achieve his goal. Ian is an impeccable example of this because he is prone to adolescent tendencies due to youth. Ian struggles to achieve his goals due to the following expectations: to leave Struan, for a superior opportunity to become successful; to strive for a medical career, since he excels at the trade already; and to … Society is too abrupt in its assumptions of an individual, these assumptions often catch one unprepared, spreading chaos and confusion through one’s mind. It would be substantially more beneficial if society did not place expectations at all.
Finally the actions and feelings of the other characters successfully shows the development of McMurphy as a Christ figure and hero. Clearly smiliarities can be drawn between McMurphy and Jesus' healing. Jesus, made blind men see and mute men speak. McMurphy is the one who prompted the Chief to speak for the first time in years, when he says "Thank-you." (Page 184) and eventually, McMurphy "heals" Chief of his `deafness' and `dumbness'.
The background of Chief Bromden’s life makes him a likely target for mental illness. Conflict that Chief’s father faced also negatively impacted Chief. His father was Chief Tee Ah Millatoona of the Umpqua tribe and his mother was a white woman. Chief’s father took his mother’s last name, “Her name is Bromden. He took her name” (214). This suggests her domination in the relationship, but it is made clear that her extreme belittling had negative psychological effects: “It wasn't just her that made him little. Everybody worked on him because he was big, and wouldn't give in, and did as he pleased... He fought it a long time until my mother made him too little to fight anymore and he gave up" (220). Just like his father, Chief was a big man crushed into a tiny man by the pressures of society. Chief grew up living a normal life, without schizophrenia, on the Columbia Gorge in an Umpqua village led by his father. The first memorable trigger of Chief’s schizophrenia came when government officials were inspecting his vil...
The novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey introduces Chief Broom, a half Indian character, and the events that occur to him inside of a mental hospital in the beginning of the novel. Chief Broom narrates the novel and describes every situation that occurs to him as well as the feelings that he evokes in chronological order. Broom’s fake act of remaining “dead and dumb” allows him to observe the actions and conversations of the workers (10). For instance, Chief Broom describes that the worker could “smell [his] fear” before actually taking him to shave his head which shows that the writing of the story occurs in order rather than jumping to different points in time.
The sweeping influence of society can dictate important choices in one’s life. In Native Son by Richard Wright, the behavior of Bigger Thomas is largely caused by the devastating effect of his environment on every aspect of his life. Bigger grows up in Chicago in the 1930s and is enveloped in a prejudiced and racist culture that ultimately drives his reprehensible acts of violence. The oppressive society in which Bigger lives engenders his actions.
Within these separate films it is clearly shown how social context can manipulate the requirements of triumph over adversity and how these eventual triumphs will often lead to a change in aspects of life. Both Cauron and Hancock show how differing social contexts can affect the outcome of a goal to triumph and demonstrate how the resulting triumph can lead to alterations of family or personality. The various aspects of both these films demonstrate an array of factors that are required to obtain the desired triumph that each protagonist strives for through the adversity they face. The adversity that these characters face is very common in the modern world and can come in any sort of shape or form. It doesn’t matter whether you are a football star or a space explorer, to triumph adversity is a common part of everyday life.