Lobotomy

Throughout the expanse of the 20th century, the United States of America experienced an unprecedented period of growth, expansion, development, and progression. Technological, social, intellectual, political, and economical developments and transformations aided the transition of the United States into the country that it is currently. As America changed and morphed into a powerful and commanding nation, the lives of individuals that lived within the nation’s borders also experienced a…

dream, the narrator is unaware of what to come to next.The next thing to come is a machine performing a lobotomy on the narrator. The operator of the machine states, “The machine will produce the results of a prefrontal lobotomy without the negative effects of the knife” (Ellison 236). Lobotomy is typically performed when no other surgical procedures do not work. Many scholars believe that the lobotomy symbolizes a reincarnation of the narrator. The narrator struggles to find his name and other…

In order to illustrate McMurphy’s tragic, impending downfall from his role as the ward’s flawed yet benevolent savior, Ken Kesey depicts McMurphy’s actions through a multitude of Biblical allusions, specifically, to the life and death of Jesus Christ. By doing so, Kesey further implicates that the mental hospital and other institutions are inherently misguided and at times, villainous. Throughout the novel, McMurphy performs a series of miracles, which involve healing the patients by making them…

According to New York Daily, about 42 million American adults suffer from mental illnesses, enduring conditions such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Mental health is a condition concerning one’s psychological and emotional well-being. People who are diagnosed with an mental health conditions have major shifts in mood, thinking and/or behavior. Those who agree to seek treatment for a mental illness have to through a consenting process. This is where he/she talks to a…

Second World War, schizophrenic soldiers often received inadequate care. Both inside and outside the war zone, schizophrenia (when properly identified) was treated through insulin shock treatment, electroconvulsive treatment, somatic treatments, lobotomy, tranquilizing…

Society demands the conformity of its members, so that no one person is different than any other… at least in the novel, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey. This novel presents the main antagonist as the Big Nurse, or Nurse Ratched, who runs the mental asylum as tight as she ran her old position in the army. However, one reader questions how much of a villain Nurse Ratched really is by proposing, “Nurse Ratched is not the true villain of the novel. She is instead a symbol of…

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is ranked number thirty-three out of one-hundred films on the AFI’s (American Film Institute’s) One Hundred Greatest Films of All Time list, and rightfully so. I first watched this film in my sociology class entitled: Deviant Behavior. My professor emphasized the importance of how the people in the film were treated. This film captures the flaws of the mental health care system and shows that how people are treated effects their perception of themselves, others,…

the pillow, a swirl of red hair over a face milk-white except for the heavy purple bruises around the eyes” (Kesey 321). A lobotomy is a surgery that was performed in the 1950’s where the surgeon cuts out a portion of the patient’s brain. This was believed to cure mentally ill patients of their illness, but instead, it only worsens their condition. As a result of the lobotomy, McMurphy has officially become a Chronic…

Che Guevara is a leader of the guerilla band and a communist figure in a large scale revolution, mostly taking place in Cuba. His journey begins in 1956 when he observes poverty of the masses and the only solution to help the people is to revolutionize and bring down the opposing regime. He fights for the leftists, anti- imperialists and the rebellion. Almost being defeated by Batista's army is a hardship Che faces, however his struggles allow him to gain more support and recruits. His…

Psychodynamic: The psychodynamic perspective would explain the origins of Priya’s disorder as coming from her childhood experiences. Priya’s mother suffered from an anxiety disorder which affected Priya by causing her to see the world in a similar way. The psychodynamic perspective would see this and conclude that her mother’s anxiety disorder likely influenced Priya’s own anxiety. In addition to that, Priya’s father never seemed to be impressed by her, which could have led to her constantly…