As some might not see it, the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest actually had a hero quest in it. The movie has all the steps from the Departure all the way to the Return. When looking at the movie you get that feeling that Mac is the antagonist, but when the movie gets closer to the end you start to realize that he is actually the protagonist/hero. The thing that everyone needs to think about when watching this movie is if McMurphy was the hero or if he is just some patient that is only making everything worse in the institution.
Once McMurphy arrives to the institution the audience quickly assumes that McMurphy is insane and that he’ll fit in perfectly at the asylum. Once he get to his floor he meets all of the characters that will be with him for the rest of the movie. The most important character that Mac meets is Chief, the only …show more content…
The audience starts to figure out that Mac is only in the institution to finish off the rest of his days out of jail. Another important part of this is that Mac want to try and change the schedule, but Nurse Ratched won’t allow it and will be Mac’s rival in the movie. While Mac tries to change the schedule Cheswick freaks out and gets manhandled by the staff. Mac and Chief that it was uncalled for and wanted to help Cheswick by fight the staff. This resulted to Mac getting electroshock therapy. Before the therapy Mac finds out that Chief can actually talk and hear and they both want out of the mental hospital. Mac soon finds out that the Hospital can actually keep him for as long as they want and Mac reaches bottom/apparent defeat. Mac finally decides that he has had enough and is going to escape, but want to show the patients a good time. So Mac throws them a party by letting the night guard let girls into the hospital with alcohol. This was when Mac was supposed to escape, but passes out on accident and is caught by Nurse Ratched and the
Once McMurphy arrives to the institution the audience quickly assumes that McMurphy is insane and that he’ll fit in perfectly at the asylum. Once he get to his floor he meets all of the characters that will be with him for the rest of the movie. The most important character that Mac meets is Chief, the only …show more content…
The audience starts to figure out that Mac is only in the institution to finish off the rest of his days out of jail. Another important part of this is that Mac want to try and change the schedule, but Nurse Ratched won’t allow it and will be Mac’s rival in the movie. While Mac tries to change the schedule Cheswick freaks out and gets manhandled by the staff. Mac and Chief that it was uncalled for and wanted to help Cheswick by fight the staff. This resulted to Mac getting electroshock therapy. Before the therapy Mac finds out that Chief can actually talk and hear and they both want out of the mental hospital. Mac soon finds out that the Hospital can actually keep him for as long as they want and Mac reaches bottom/apparent defeat. Mac finally decides that he has had enough and is going to escape, but want to show the patients a good time. So Mac throws them a party by letting the night guard let girls into the hospital with alcohol. This was when Mac was supposed to escape, but passes out on accident and is caught by Nurse Ratched and the