Similarities Between The Happy Man And One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

There are many different novels and short stories that share a vast of similarities in their protagonists. The short story, “The Happy Man” by Naguib Mahfouz and the novel, “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kessey are one of them. Both of the protagonists desire freedom and happiness, they were as sane as everyone around them from the start, but both characters have a short temper and suffer from depression that leads them to be a madman in the end. The protagonist of the short story, “The Happy Man” wakes up, “…felt happy, full of happiness, as a matter of fact. There was no arguing about it….It was as if he were no longer troubled or bothered by fear, anxiety, sickness, death, argument, or the question of earning a living”(Mahfouz ,Pg: 235). When he feels the happiness is overwhelming

So he tries his best to sustain the “happiness” of his. “He could not bear to stay in his office at the newspaper; he felt no desire to work at all…He left the pages of paper blank and started to walking backward and forward across the room, laughing and cracking his fingers…He felt slightly worried; it did not penetrate deep enough to spoil his happiness but paused on the surface of his mind like an abstract idea. It occurred to him that he might recall the tragedies of his life so that he could test their effect on his happiness.”(Mahfouz, Pg: 239). This “happy man” desires for his freedom and happiness as much as Randle McMurphy from a novel, “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s nest”. McMurphy was a prisoner who pretends to be daft and get himself lock up in the asylum, as a result of he does not demand to be in jail. However, that ensues from his decision makes him regret it. He insights the secret and policies in the ward and try to change it, along with he starts to