Potts, Stephen W. "Rebel, superman, bull goose loony: the hero as adolescent."
Northwest Review, vol. 45, Literary Resource Center, Accessed 4 Dec. 2017. Stephen Potts shows the comparison of Randle McMurphy and Superman and explains how McMurphy's characteristics portray him as a hero. Potts begins by comparing One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest to other novels like Huckleberry Finn, The Awakening, The Great Gatsby, etc. Stephen says the novels above have much in common due to the fact that all of the protagonists challenge social norms in society. Potts later compares McMurphy's boasting and cocky attitude to Davy Crockett and Mike Finn. Stephen later explains the true meaning of a warrior(hero), “fully realized warrior hero becomes more than …show more content…
This attribute of never being satisfied starts to rub off on the other patients throughout the ward. The men are hungry for freedom and more willing to take risks. John compares McMurphy's role of the bull-goose looney throughout the ward as a Promethean Superman, a character that changes the community by itself with a role to identify itself with. As McMurphy develops throughout the book he doesn’t gain the liking of just his fellow patients, but the love from the viewers. These adolescents during post World War II went against conformity and wanted to voice their opinions to the masses. Not only were the views of the novel in love with Randle McMurphy but also had a strong hatred for his counterpart, Nurse Ratched, an antagonist who suppresses individualism and freedom from the men in the ward. This article …show more content…
341, Gale, 2013. Literature Resource Center, Accessed 10 Dec. 2017. William Ferrell begins with a background on a western mythopoeia of King Arthur search for the holy grail. The holy grail is the cup Jesus Christ used during his last meal, the cup was later buried, but 800 years later Arthur in the corner of his eye spotted something and the search begins. The story of King Arthur relates to the modern messiah, Randle McMurphy. Mcmurphy's holy grail is to guide the other patients to freedom from the wicked Nurse Ratched. William goes into more detail about McMurphy, saying that he is an anti-hero, a character who does good deeds but not necessarily a good person. Ferrell then introduces McMurphy's side kick, Chief Bromden, a paranoid schizophrenic. Through Chief Bromden's point of view the reader begins to interpret the nightmarish hallucinations the Chief is experiencing. Every superhero has an enemy, and Randle’s enemy is Nurse Ratched, a tyrant of a leader throughout the ward and her desire for power causes some to speculate if she is crazy herself. William later makes another religious comparison between the novel and the movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In the novel when McMurphy and his 12 fellow patients goes on a fishing trip referencing Randle as a saint. Another example would be the electroshock therapy, when the doctor places the conducting in Randle’s head, he says, “Anointest my head with conductant. Do I get a crown
Northwest Review, vol. 45, Literary Resource Center, Accessed 4 Dec. 2017. Stephen Potts shows the comparison of Randle McMurphy and Superman and explains how McMurphy's characteristics portray him as a hero. Potts begins by comparing One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest to other novels like Huckleberry Finn, The Awakening, The Great Gatsby, etc. Stephen says the novels above have much in common due to the fact that all of the protagonists challenge social norms in society. Potts later compares McMurphy's boasting and cocky attitude to Davy Crockett and Mike Finn. Stephen later explains the true meaning of a warrior(hero), “fully realized warrior hero becomes more than …show more content…
This attribute of never being satisfied starts to rub off on the other patients throughout the ward. The men are hungry for freedom and more willing to take risks. John compares McMurphy's role of the bull-goose looney throughout the ward as a Promethean Superman, a character that changes the community by itself with a role to identify itself with. As McMurphy develops throughout the book he doesn’t gain the liking of just his fellow patients, but the love from the viewers. These adolescents during post World War II went against conformity and wanted to voice their opinions to the masses. Not only were the views of the novel in love with Randle McMurphy but also had a strong hatred for his counterpart, Nurse Ratched, an antagonist who suppresses individualism and freedom from the men in the ward. This article …show more content…
341, Gale, 2013. Literature Resource Center, Accessed 10 Dec. 2017. William Ferrell begins with a background on a western mythopoeia of King Arthur search for the holy grail. The holy grail is the cup Jesus Christ used during his last meal, the cup was later buried, but 800 years later Arthur in the corner of his eye spotted something and the search begins. The story of King Arthur relates to the modern messiah, Randle McMurphy. Mcmurphy's holy grail is to guide the other patients to freedom from the wicked Nurse Ratched. William goes into more detail about McMurphy, saying that he is an anti-hero, a character who does good deeds but not necessarily a good person. Ferrell then introduces McMurphy's side kick, Chief Bromden, a paranoid schizophrenic. Through Chief Bromden's point of view the reader begins to interpret the nightmarish hallucinations the Chief is experiencing. Every superhero has an enemy, and Randle’s enemy is Nurse Ratched, a tyrant of a leader throughout the ward and her desire for power causes some to speculate if she is crazy herself. William later makes another religious comparison between the novel and the movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In the novel when McMurphy and his 12 fellow patients goes on a fishing trip referencing Randle as a saint. Another example would be the electroshock therapy, when the doctor places the conducting in Randle’s head, he says, “Anointest my head with conductant. Do I get a crown