It was a cold night. It was as star-filled night. It was a beautiful night when Jesus Christ was born. In the must read novel: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, the heavily tattooed, sexually challenged Randle McMurphy is compared to this same Jesus. And even though McMurphy was more than likely not welcomed to earth by shepherds and hosts of angels or presented with gifts of gold and myrrh and frankincense, his contribution to Chief Bromden’s and the other patients’ overall well-being is similar to Jesus’ contribution, on a slightly larger scale, to his disciples and the world's well-being.
This comparison is evident as a result of the various times in which McMurphy either quotes passages from the bible or performs actions that allude to …show more content…
In the fifth verse of the fifty third chapter of Isaiah, the author proclaims that... “[Jesus] was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed” (53 Isaiah 5). The protagonist of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Randall Murphy could easily have had the same thing said of him. Although he fell extraordinarily short of surpassing the impact on others that Jesus had, he was able greatly improve the life of those who had the privilege of sharing a home with him, up until his death. Randle McMurphy’s motive for rebelling against Nurse Ratched and the Doctor was not to reveal the inhumane way in which the patients were being treated or to bring to light the fact that Nurse Ratched’s power should have checks; however, it was still accomplished through his actions “They can see he’s due to be a problem; a half a dozen times already he’s roused Cheswick and Harding and some of the others to where it looked like they might actually stand up to one of the black boys”( Kesey …show more content…
In the second chapter of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Randle decides to challenge the big nurse by punching the glass even though he knows that this is not permitted and thus he will be punished because of it. “then [McMurphy] ran his hand through the glass.” “The ringing that was in my head had stopped.” (Kesey 172-173). These two instances have two things in common, firstly they are both performed in the hope of benefiting someone other than the person performing the task and secondly, they were both done with the knowledge that they would be persecuted as a result of it. Through this characterial change, the author is positioning Randle as a sort of savior for the inhabitants of the mental hospital. McMurphy is the only inhabitant of the hospital who has the ability to reason and to see things for how they truly are, thus he is their only hope.
There are several other novels that are similar to One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in that, they both feature an individual who started out being either self-absorbed or weak characters who would think twice before they thought of sacrificing their life for some else, but eventually evolved into a sort of savior towards the victims in the
This comparison is evident as a result of the various times in which McMurphy either quotes passages from the bible or performs actions that allude to …show more content…
In the fifth verse of the fifty third chapter of Isaiah, the author proclaims that... “[Jesus] was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed” (53 Isaiah 5). The protagonist of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Randall Murphy could easily have had the same thing said of him. Although he fell extraordinarily short of surpassing the impact on others that Jesus had, he was able greatly improve the life of those who had the privilege of sharing a home with him, up until his death. Randle McMurphy’s motive for rebelling against Nurse Ratched and the Doctor was not to reveal the inhumane way in which the patients were being treated or to bring to light the fact that Nurse Ratched’s power should have checks; however, it was still accomplished through his actions “They can see he’s due to be a problem; a half a dozen times already he’s roused Cheswick and Harding and some of the others to where it looked like they might actually stand up to one of the black boys”( Kesey …show more content…
In the second chapter of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Randle decides to challenge the big nurse by punching the glass even though he knows that this is not permitted and thus he will be punished because of it. “then [McMurphy] ran his hand through the glass.” “The ringing that was in my head had stopped.” (Kesey 172-173). These two instances have two things in common, firstly they are both performed in the hope of benefiting someone other than the person performing the task and secondly, they were both done with the knowledge that they would be persecuted as a result of it. Through this characterial change, the author is positioning Randle as a sort of savior for the inhabitants of the mental hospital. McMurphy is the only inhabitant of the hospital who has the ability to reason and to see things for how they truly are, thus he is their only hope.
There are several other novels that are similar to One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in that, they both feature an individual who started out being either self-absorbed or weak characters who would think twice before they thought of sacrificing their life for some else, but eventually evolved into a sort of savior towards the victims in the