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Compare And Contrast One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”—a classic, was adapted both into a novel by Ken Kesey, and a film, directed by Milos Forman. The differences in the two are quite surprising and unexpected. They’re both equally as enjoyable; but, as a director, there are some changes that I would like to make which I think could potentially make the film more appealing and engaging, and better portray Kesey’s original message(s). Dear Ms. Johns, I am writing this proposal to you explaining the three major changes that I would like to make to the 1975-film version of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, which are the portrayal of Doctor Spivey’s character, the inclusion of the scene of the patients passing by McMurphy’s childhood home, and the narration of Chief Bromden.

To start off with, the first change I would like to make is of Doctor Spivey, who is the main doctor on the ward. In the novel, he is portrayed as someone who is intimidated by Nurse Ratched and is under her control, and reveals how he empathizes with the other patients. In the film, he is illustrated completely differently. He seems to be distant from the patients and does not appear to be scared or influenced by Nurse Ratched. The change that I would like to make is to alter his character to make it similar to the novel. Personally, I felt like in the movie he was awfully boring and dull. I would make him seem very frightened of Nurse Ratched, and also make him have a close …show more content…

Hopefully, this proposal, Ms. Johns, has interested you in letting me re-create this incredible, classic film into something more expressive and

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