Comparison Of One FLEW Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Although the film adaptation of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST did a great job at showing the dynamics of how the inside of an asylum looks, it left a lot to be desired when it came to character personalities. Throughout the book, the patients of the institution were given great description, sometimes to the point of monotony. In the film adaptation the personalities of the characters were brief and left out some of the complexities of the relationships between each other. This couldn’t be more true than with the relationship between Chief Bromden and McMurphy.

Shortly after the introduction, Chief Bromden was forming a connection with the rough and tumble McMurphy. “I could have watched McMurphy at that black jack table all night”(Kesey