When I was reading the last few pages of Cuckoo's Nest, I found it very interesting that McMurphy was providing the patients with hope and not succeeding himself; however, in the end the Chief succeeds for both himself and McMurphy. Throughout the novel McMurphy is seen as a powerful male figure who provides the other patients with hope for change on the ward. He also helped them to find courage at different times which helped them to each be heard by the nurse and the Combine. He tried many courageous acts like defying the nurse, trying to lift the control panel, and actually taking them fishing. Although McMurphy was not able to follow through with his planned escape the night with the two girls, Chief Bromden was the one who defied the nurse by successfully lifting the control panel all the way, and escaping the ward the way McMurphy was supposed to.
The link below is a scene from the One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest movie. This particular scene is when Chief Bromden successfully escapes the ward.
I think the movie did a good job of depicting the escape of the Chief. I really liked the way that the one patient reacted to his escape. I'm not sure who that character was in the book though. One thing that I really appreciated about this clip was the soundtrack for this particular scene. It really depicted the hope that the patients felt when the Chief escapes. This music definitely helped depict what happened at the end of the book.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you included this video in with you're blog because it helped me really visualize the ending of the book. I had imagined what was going on while reading, but hadn't included the reactions of the other patients like in this video. I agree with Surya when he says he liked the way the patient reacted when the chief escaped because it showed how important the relationship is between the patients in the ward and how happy he is for the chief that he finally is out and free to fly out into the world.
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