One Who Flew Over the Coo Coo's Nest
... is spontaneous and reckless, caring less about getting into trouble. Because she is so beautiful and carefree, she is tempting to the other characters, especially McMurphy and Billy. Also, Nurse Ratched on the other hand, represents authority and all that is conforming in the ward: just like society as a whole in regards to the hierarchal system. Within group meeting she takes the patients and dehumanizes them, picking them and taunting them in a submissive way to tell their deepest secrets. She then takes those secrets and makes the patients feel ashamed for who they are. General society is depicted as mean and taunting; if secrets get out in the open there is nothing but criticism from the general population. People love gossip and thrive off of it to make themselves feel better just as Nurse Ratched does within the movie. The character Bromden represents the population of the minorities in society. He plays deaf and dumb and also ‘goes with the flow’ in order to stay out of trouble and to not be noticed. The wild, spontaneous and loud McMurphy brings out the fact that Bromden is intelligent and well spoken, but he explains sometimes it’s easier when you don’t draw attention to yourself. This goes onto individuality that McMurphy symbolizes. Individuality is the main theme of the movie. Since the ward is the society we live in and the nurses are the authority and the public in our society, the patients symbolizes regular people who are considered insane due to societies critiques. McMurphy embodies individuality in the movie by his outrageous laughter and lack of ability to contain emotion. He is everything the ward, or society, is scared of which is freedom and lack of concern of what...