The way something makes one feel can greatly change how one perceives it. However, this feeling can change with different types of media. In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, he displayed the mood of the ward to be very dynamic because the mood kept changing. The mood is important to the reader’s understanding because it helps the reader feel like they are in the situation of the characters in the story. The movie version of the same book was directed by Milos Forman, who also showed that the mood of the ward was quite dynamic. Although both Kesey and Forman showed the mood of the ward to be dynamic, Forman failed to accurately present the mood of the ward as Kesey intended since he made the atmosphere of the ward too funny, which reduced the power of the Big Nurse’s control and made it seem less of an achievement to overcome her influence.
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The body language of the patients such as Martini throwing the ball randomly, Harding dribbling the ball for a long time, and Chief Bromden sticking his hand into the hoop to prevent the black boys from scoring created a funny atmosphere and made it seem like they are not oppressed by the Big Nurse. The setting, which was outside of the ward, contributed to this feeling of freedom from the Nurse’s seemingly oppressive control. A third example of a funny scene was when Nurse Ratched asked for the whereabouts of Billy Bibbit. During that part of the film, all of the patients started laughing and not answering the Nurse. The use of facial expression in this scene made Nurse Ratched seem to lose control of the patients. These examples show how Milos Forman made the mood of the ward a bit too funny through the use of film techniques. The resulting consequence is that Nurse Ratched does not seem to be as oppressive as how Kesey intended her to
The body language of the patients such as Martini throwing the ball randomly, Harding dribbling the ball for a long time, and Chief Bromden sticking his hand into the hoop to prevent the black boys from scoring created a funny atmosphere and made it seem like they are not oppressed by the Big Nurse. The setting, which was outside of the ward, contributed to this feeling of freedom from the Nurse’s seemingly oppressive control. A third example of a funny scene was when Nurse Ratched asked for the whereabouts of Billy Bibbit. During that part of the film, all of the patients started laughing and not answering the Nurse. The use of facial expression in this scene made Nurse Ratched seem to lose control of the patients. These examples show how Milos Forman made the mood of the ward a bit too funny through the use of film techniques. The resulting consequence is that Nurse Ratched does not seem to be as oppressive as how Kesey intended her to