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One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest

            
             This movie takes place in 1963 in a mental hospital. The main charater is Randle McMurphy. McMurphy is a middle aged man admitted to the mental hospital because his employers thought he had some kind of problem. Hes been arrested 5 times for assault and once for sagatory rape. The phsychatrits diagnosis was that he was faking having a mental illness to get out of jail. He has a cheerful personality. He tries to get to know everyone and make friends with everyone there. He doesnt give up and believes he can do anything. He changes a lot of things around. Before that all the patients wouldnt try to challenge the authority and do as they were told. It seemed as if the head nurse on his ward felt intimitated by McMurphy. She liked being in charge and would often do things to make sure that the patients didnt have their way. When they wanted to watch the world series the nurse was hesitant to let them. She finally agreed to let them watch the series if the majority of the ward voted for it. She quickly ended the group meeting before giving a chance for everyone to vote and told them that they cant watch it because not everyone agreed. She said watching it would change around the schedule and that change is bad. This bothered me because there really wasn't a good reason why they shouldnt be able to watch the world series. McMurphy watches the blank tv and starts imagining what is really going on. He gets really excited and starts yelling and announcing what is happening. All of the other patients join him in the cheering and screaming. This makes the nurse really mad at them. I think it is because they found a way to get their way and the nurse wants everything her way. The next day, however, the patients do get what they want. McMurphy climbs over the fence using Chief as a ladder. Then he uses the bus to take all his friends to the beach where they borrow a boat and go fishing. .
             I do not believe that McMurphy had any type of mental illness.


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