A Christ Figure can be used to represent Jesus Christ throughout a piece of literature. This literary device will show how a character will sacrifice himself for the improvement of the people around him. In the novels A Separate Peace, One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest, and the film Cool Hand Luke, characters are represented as Christ Figures. A Christ Figure shows their followers an alternate approach to an idea or a situation. A Separate Peace is about Finny, a boy who alters the lives of those around him by creating Blitzball, a game that has no winner in the end, and The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. Blitzball does not have a winner because Finny believes that there are no losers in a game, and everyone wins. Finny always
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They can also show an image of crucifixion, which is an image that imitates Christ on the cross. In A Separate Peace, Finny has a broken leg that represents a wound, which reflects a Christ Symbol. The nails in the tree Finny fell off of and broke his leg is an image of crucifixion, because the nails in the tree represent the nails in the cross. McMurphy has many wounds in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, such as the results after his electroshock therapy, and his lobotomy. Both these procedures altered McMurphy’s head, both physically and mentally. During McMurphy’s electroshock therapy, McMurphy asks the technician, “do I get a crown of thorns?” (283) The crown of thorns represent what Christ received, especially because it leaves wounds on the head. Also, the electroshock therapy table is in the shape of a cross, which is another direct example of an image of crucifixion. In Cool Hand Luke, after Luke eats the fifty eggs his body is left over full, which can be taken as a wound. When Luke lays down after eating them, he lays his arms out which can look like an image of a cross. Also, at the end of the film when the image zooms out, two roads cross, and form an image that can be looked at like a cross. All three of these characters have wounds and show images of Christ’s Crucifixion, which symbolizes a Christ
They can also show an image of crucifixion, which is an image that imitates Christ on the cross. In A Separate Peace, Finny has a broken leg that represents a wound, which reflects a Christ Symbol. The nails in the tree Finny fell off of and broke his leg is an image of crucifixion, because the nails in the tree represent the nails in the cross. McMurphy has many wounds in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, such as the results after his electroshock therapy, and his lobotomy. Both these procedures altered McMurphy’s head, both physically and mentally. During McMurphy’s electroshock therapy, McMurphy asks the technician, “do I get a crown of thorns?” (283) The crown of thorns represent what Christ received, especially because it leaves wounds on the head. Also, the electroshock therapy table is in the shape of a cross, which is another direct example of an image of crucifixion. In Cool Hand Luke, after Luke eats the fifty eggs his body is left over full, which can be taken as a wound. When Luke lays down after eating them, he lays his arms out which can look like an image of a cross. Also, at the end of the film when the image zooms out, two roads cross, and form an image that can be looked at like a cross. All three of these characters have wounds and show images of Christ’s Crucifixion, which symbolizes a Christ