Comparison Of Mcmurhy And Mcmurphy

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Based on Wassermann’s play and the discord between his characters McMurphy and Ms. Ratched and Forman’s film with his composition and lighting, for example, Normal is the broad range of behaviors with in society’s boundaries which can differ among individuals but which don’t include extreme destructive behaviors such as murdering or other criminal activities.

Dale Wassermann’s version of the story was a play supports my definition of normality, through the main character McMurphy who accepts the other patients for whom they are, as opposed to Ms. Ratched who bullies and dictates every patient with a strict set of rules that they must abide to. One example was when McMurphy stood up for Harding because Ms. Ratched was exploiting the problem

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