Aaron Meredith Professor McDonald English 107 F 6 December 2000 The Real Criminal The 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest tells the story of R. P. McMurphy, a cunning nonconformist from the Oregon state prison system who dodges work camp by getting himself sent to a mental hospital for evaluation. Several clashes arise as the film progresses; some are evident, while others remain hidden from the viewer. The most easily recognized conflict is between the rough, rebellious nature of R. P. McMurphy and the slick, syrupy, totalitarian rule of Nurse Mildred Ratched. Arriving at the mental ins...

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Sometimes in life people are forced to conform to a certain situation for lack of a better alternative, and this is the case in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. These such people lack the ability to stand up for their scruples, and in turn are simply guided through their mundane lives by the powers that be. Until someone comes along offering them leadership and the prospect to become "big again." The man who does so is no other than R.P. McMurphy, and Scanlon, Harding, Bibbit, and Chief Bromden may have become adjusted to the oppressive system in which they lived, but certainly were much bette...

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