One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Character Analysis

The society you live in greatly influences you behavior and character. One’s society forms and molds one’s outlook on life and perception. A society molds a person into who they ought to be. People who live in a constructive society are more likely to become constructive individuals rather than the ones living in a destructive environment who are more likely to become destructive individuals. The men in Cuckoo’s nest live in a machine like environment which results in the men acting like machines for example they do the same thing every day and follow a rigid schedule. Society affects the psychology of an individual by setting number of rules, expectations and laws. They can either choose to accept and live under these laws or exclude themselves …show more content…
No one has interacted with him before or even acknowledged him because the other men believe he was mute but McMurphy treats him the way a person should be treated and sees potential in him and influences him positively and changes his character.’’ You are crazy, I swear you’re the biggest Indian I ever saw’’ (Greenhaven press, 99) McMurphy encourages him to see greatness within himself not only physically but mentally since he is belittled by the authority figures. He makes him grow as a person and does not try to belittle him like Nurse Ratched. All of the men gain confidence and masculinity during McMurphy stay. McMurphy does something no one in the ward has done for them; he wants to make the men well and free. He does not want them to be slaves under Nurse Ratched’s regime. The ward’s many regulations belittles the men resulting in the loss of their masculinity. The deprived environment that is ruled rigidly results in fear and passiveness. ‘’ McMurphy is protagonist and hero, and the viewer's sympathy is engaged by the character's roustabout charm and apparently sacrificial motive to "cure" the other patients of their respective ailments’’ (Zubizaretta,