One who flew over the cuckoo’s nest novel opposed to its movie
In the 1960’s, our president Mr. Roosevelt stands over the proud nation after the mass immigration into the proud country of America. He stated so valiantly that the nation filled with people must change for a better tomorrow, must change for the safety of our people. With reform rocking the nation, authors began trying to help the reform and show where it needed the most work, authors like Upton Sinclair who wrote Rise of the Jungle to help reform the meat packing industry, and others like Ken Kesey wrote about the needed reform in the asylum industry in his book One who flew over the cuckoo’s nest. People were on the rave for reform and Mr. Kesey gave a most compelling argument …show more content…
The book chose the character of chief to narrate and the movie chose no one’s eyes to go through so to speak. In the book having chief speak brought out a lot, for example it showed some of his past and why he chose not to speak. “I wait for them to say another thing or two about the heat… I stand up and tell the fat man facts …I think they didn’t hear me talk at all. They aren’t even looking at me” (Kesey 213). This shows how in his earlier years no one took him serious and how he remained silent and listened and gained tons of insight throughout the years. The movie missed this insight and only had chief really show himself at the end when he talked to Mcmurphy. “Oh Mac, I’m not gonna leave you like this Mac” (Forman). This was during the scene were he killed the brain dead Mcmurphy not leaving him their like a vegetable, he talked before of course this was the most important in the movie though because it showed loyalty and a kind of depth lost in the movie but displayed proudly throughout the …show more content…
For example the movie missed Mcmurphy’s red hair. “The new redhead admission, Mcmurphy …goes over to the acute side with all his kidding and joking” (Kesey 19). This is from the book and tells you the Mcmurphy has red hair and that foreshadows his wild and joking nature. In the movie the only foreshadowing of his wild nature is when he kisses the guard after the guard has unlocked the handcuffs on Mcmurphy. “Woo hoot hooray (kisses the guard) I’m free, I’m free (starts running around in a joyous form” (Forman). The movie tried to make up for the lacking in the deep symbolism that the book conveys, to do so they simply could have chose an actor with red hair not someone like Jack Nicholson with brown hair for example. The casting choices were mostly inadequate and could have been better if Hollywood had invested that extra couple of days to find the perfect match from the well composed
In the 1960’s, our president Mr. Roosevelt stands over the proud nation after the mass immigration into the proud country of America. He stated so valiantly that the nation filled with people must change for a better tomorrow, must change for the safety of our people. With reform rocking the nation, authors began trying to help the reform and show where it needed the most work, authors like Upton Sinclair who wrote Rise of the Jungle to help reform the meat packing industry, and others like Ken Kesey wrote about the needed reform in the asylum industry in his book One who flew over the cuckoo’s nest. People were on the rave for reform and Mr. Kesey gave a most compelling argument …show more content…
The book chose the character of chief to narrate and the movie chose no one’s eyes to go through so to speak. In the book having chief speak brought out a lot, for example it showed some of his past and why he chose not to speak. “I wait for them to say another thing or two about the heat… I stand up and tell the fat man facts …I think they didn’t hear me talk at all. They aren’t even looking at me” (Kesey 213). This shows how in his earlier years no one took him serious and how he remained silent and listened and gained tons of insight throughout the years. The movie missed this insight and only had chief really show himself at the end when he talked to Mcmurphy. “Oh Mac, I’m not gonna leave you like this Mac” (Forman). This was during the scene were he killed the brain dead Mcmurphy not leaving him their like a vegetable, he talked before of course this was the most important in the movie though because it showed loyalty and a kind of depth lost in the movie but displayed proudly throughout the …show more content…
For example the movie missed Mcmurphy’s red hair. “The new redhead admission, Mcmurphy …goes over to the acute side with all his kidding and joking” (Kesey 19). This is from the book and tells you the Mcmurphy has red hair and that foreshadows his wild and joking nature. In the movie the only foreshadowing of his wild nature is when he kisses the guard after the guard has unlocked the handcuffs on Mcmurphy. “Woo hoot hooray (kisses the guard) I’m free, I’m free (starts running around in a joyous form” (Forman). The movie tried to make up for the lacking in the deep symbolism that the book conveys, to do so they simply could have chose an actor with red hair not someone like Jack Nicholson with brown hair for example. The casting choices were mostly inadequate and could have been better if Hollywood had invested that extra couple of days to find the perfect match from the well composed