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Compare And Contrast One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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Sadvokassova Aiganym. 10 “F’ Comparative Essay. Thesis statement: Even though actors in the movie were interpreted well, book is thorough in showing characters because Black Boys’ relationship to other patients and Chief's perspective is shown considerably in the book. “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest” written by Ken Kesey is an allegorical and countercultural novel. It was a protest for the oppressive society of the late 1950s. Novel was published in 1962. After 13 years, in 1975 Milos Forman released movie adaptation of this story. However, film a little bit differently represented characters’ personality and opinion. One of those characters are Chief Bromden and Black Boys . We can mention that in both works their personality and perspectives …show more content…

Doubtless we can not disagree with opinion that Chief's perspective is shown considerably in the book compare to the movie. First and foremost by reading the book, we can clear understand the position of Chief. Because he is a narrator and we can read his thoughts and his opinion. Clear example of it is Chief’s opinion about McMurphy. Chief has become more and more sane throughout the novel thanks to McMurphy. He begins to realize his capabilities; he realizes his size, his intelligent brain, his lack of need for the paranoia and the fog that have surrounded him through much of his life. Later, in the end of the novel we understand Chief’s decision to smother McMurphy and we agree with that, because we knew Chief’s opinion before and we agree with that. Chief didn’t want McMurphy to become a “Vegetable” and that’s why he made those decision. Through the book we can understand that Chief respected McMucrphy as a man. He believed that McMucrphy is not fake. For example, when McMurphy came as an Admission to the hospital, Chief said that he has never heard that “free and loud” laughing. (Kesey, 1962, p.10). We can’t understand this during watching the movie, because in the movie we are not supposed to know Chief’s thoughts. Chief plays the role of eyes and ears in the novel, as well as the one who guides us into and out of this strange, mysterious, crazy

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