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Cuckoo's Nest Worldviews

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Everybody makes mistakes. We have all been in a situation where we have made a made a bad choice. We all have our own unique self perceptions and worldviews, and sometimes they cause us to make impulsive decisions. There are plenty of examples of this reckless behavior in literature. In the short story A&P the narrator, Sammy, decides to quit his job, to impress a couple of girls in the store. Similarly in the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a mentally handicapped patient Chief bromden's changing self concept and worldview cause him to kill his best friend McMurphy. A person's self concept and worldview can lead them to make rash decisions that they may or may not regret in the future.
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