Jesus Patrick McChrist
Randle Patrick McMurphy exhibits many of the same characteristics typical to Jesus Christ throughout Ken Kesey’s novel, One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest. However many of the similarities the two of them share are meant to be taken humorously or symbolically. The life of Christ consists of a common man coming out of nowhere and changing the course of earth’s history. While he is alive he preaches to anyone who will listen to what he has to say, regardless of who they are or what religion they do or do not belong to. He creates chaos and confusion among the people in charge of his ancient society, which leads to their plotting against him. Jesus knows his destiny of , but he carries on with his preaching because he knows putting other people in front of yourself is the right thing to do. They lure one of Jesus’ best friends into accepting money for the delivery of Jesus. Jesus is arrested and then subjected to mockery, crucifixion upon a cross, and being crowned with a crown of thorns. All of these thin
Although McMurphy is only a “comic Christ,” he still impacted the lives of many men in a positive way just as Christ did. He was the most unselfish person throughout the whole novel. Whatever he won in money from the patients he always let them win it back. He was betrayed by his best friends, who went the easy way and followed Nurse Ratched (Satan), instead of going the more difficult way and doing what they all knew was right, which was following McMurphy and standing up to Nurse Ratched (Satan). McMurphy realized what option they chose, but he still gave his only life for them. This is a characteristic which is extremely rare and difficult to find other accounts of. It is one so rare that one might be able to put themselves on the same level as Christ in regards to compassion for others. McMurphy rose up to this Christ-like level, and because of that the patients on the ward owe their lives and freedom. McMurphy’s life begins in the novel as just a regular patient coming into the mental hospital. Th
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