Another important element is that makes this film is the manner in which the prose has been sharply drawn. It is also readily comprehensible. The theme of self-respect as well as self-reliance has been well expressed. These two themes show McMurpghy as a Christ figure. It can be seen that McMurphay is crucified on a table that have the shape of a table. He then undergoes electric shock. The party that he held on the last day of his stay in the hospital can be seen the last supper. The pill and the codeine resemble the bread that they took. Candy acts as Magdalene in the Bible. Billy in the film is acting just the same way Judas behaved. Nurse Ratched and the hospital staff act like the Pharisees while the twelve people that he took fishing
Kesey’s biblical allusion to Lazarus’s resurrection suggests, that the emotional strength McMurphy gives to the men is the key to overthrowing the combine. As a savior McMurphy supplies the patient’s with the necessary faith and apparatuses to combat their oppression. McMurphy cannot single-handedly liberate each man from the combine rather he inspires and educates the men on how to rise up and free themselves. Moreover, Kesey parallels McMurphy’s last hoorah to Christ’s Last Supper. The Last Supper is the final meal Jesus shared with his disciples before his betrayal and crucifixion. McMurphy’s less dignified Last Supper was an attempt to bring a sample of manly life to the patients. After a wild night full of alcohol, drugs, and prostitutes McMurphy and his disciples fall asleep and the day shifters find them the next morning among the aftermath of the party. Nurse Ratched finds Billy Bibbit with the prostitute; when questioned Billy immediately blames McMurphy and the other men for his doings, “They m-m-made me! Please, M-Miss Ratched, they may-may-MAY—!”
Mcmurphy was the one who started making people laughing in the ward. When he first came into the ward he was cracking jokes and shaking everybody’s hand. (p.16)
Literary fiction is littered with references to Christianity. It is very obviously a large and influential force in the western world so it is hardly surprising that a novel such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which is so questioning of our society and moral values, should be so full of references to what is arguably the basis of these values. What the question asks, however, is if the character of McMurphy is portrayed as a Christ figure. A Christ figure being a reflection of the New Testament messiah within the characters actions, beliefs and effect on those around him. The figure will then redeem his followers, lead them to salvation, be martyred and resurrected.
Hughes writing in this story is very visual and enriched with figurative language. “And the whole building rocked with prayer and song”(Hughes 229). Hughes personifies the building and depicts an overwhelming amount of prayer and song. Another example of figurative language is found when he pretends he has seen Jesus. “Suddenly the whole room broke into a sea of shouting as they saw me rise” (Hughes 232). This metaphor sheds light on the intensity of the church at that moment. Comparing the room to a sea, an immense untameable body, exaggerates the situation he was in and portrays him as almost drowning in his
Unable to see McMurphy imprisoned in a body that will go on living (under Nurse Ratched’s control) even though his spirit is gone, Chief smothers him to death that night. Then he escapes the hospital and leaves for Canada and a new life. We begin to see the different situations in which the patients struggle to overcome. Whether insane or not, the hospital is undeniably in control of the fates of its
Some people are just meant to be heroes. In this wonderful play by Shakespeare Macduff is a good choice and born to be a hero. Throughout Macbeth there are several examples of Macduffs heroism and bravery. Macduff is a loving, caring man of action, Thane of Fife and a Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth's kingship. When he leaves his loving family to flee to England to join Malcolm, Macbeth has Macduff's wife and children murdered. At the end of the play, Macduff (who was born through a caesarian section) kills Macbeth bringing prosperity back to Scotland, and proving the truth in the witches prophecy that "no man of woman born" can harm Macbeth and his true heroism.
Within the confines of the movie, before the reading of the novel, this writer found the following several elements of the story confusing: who is Fergus and how does he fit in; Sarah’s standing on the hill looking toward her mother’s house seems unfinished; why does the Reverend Sorleyson treat his wife, Victoria, with such distain; what is the significance of the meal in which Hamilton orders Sarah to cook the fish for the Catholic woman; why does Frank voice no objections at the marriage of Sarah and Hamilton? Read on and ye shall uncover the answers.
Marshal McLuhan has been described as both a “media prophet” and a “pop professor” (Wilcox). Although his book The Medium is the Massage was rejected by some academics (Wilcox), it became a popular success outside the academic world. His ability to coin such phrases as the “global village” and his ideas on how media influences culture allowed McLuhan to become an icon of the counterculture movement of the 1960’s. Some scholars argue that McLuhan’s voice was even “swallowed up in the popular cultural movement” (Surette). The word macluhanisme has been adopted into the French language as “a synonym for the world of pop culture” (Playboy). But was McLuhan truly a pioneering scholar? It surely depends on how one defines “pioneering scholar”. I believe that many of McLuhan’s ideas, even if they have become their own clichés and are not wholly understood, are valuable contributions to our academic and cultural heritage by the fact that they are still discussed today.
Morgan McDearmid didn’t have to wait long to experience her first varsity home run. In her first Mother Lode League game, the Bret Harte freshman blasted a two-run home run over the left field fence for the Bullfrogs only runs in a 7-2 road loss to Linden. McDearmid finished the day going 2 for 3.
National Catholic Register. Reprinted at Decent Films. “Alice in Wonderland (2010)”. Steven D. Greydanus. http://www.decentfilms.com/reviews/aliceinwonderland2010
As I sit here and think back to the past events, I wonder if everything that was done was really necessary. I now realise
When McMurphy first meets Chief, he assumes that Chief is deaf and mute, “Is that right? You deef, Chief?” (24). Chief is important to this journey as he is a main focal point in fulfilling what McMurphy can’t do. McMurphy fits into Sigmund Freud’s idea of an ego and Chief is the counterpart to McMurphy’s ego. McMurphy has a rebellious ego, while Chief is the opposite of that. McMurphy also meets his prime enemy in Nurse Ratched. McMurphy’s clear distrust and detestment of control is comparable to that of Holden Caulfield from the novel The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger. Both these characters find no reason in listening to higher authority; Holden with his parents, “People are always ruining things for you.” (Salinger 43), and McMurphy with Nurse Ratched. These two characters clash throughout the whole novel. This is one of the reasons why many would say McMurphy is not a hero because he causes trouble to other characters. However, by McMurphy infuriating Nurse Ratched, he is showing the other inmates that there is more to life than to listen to Nurse Ratched all the time. Philosopher Immanuel Kant argues that a person’s behavior lies solely on human experiences. This is true in both McMurphy’s and Nurse Ratched’s human nature. McMurphy is rebellious in his nature because of his past of being in the armed forces in which he was sent home, “A dishonorable discharge, afterward, for insubordination.” (45).
A lot of the time when we look at the writers that wrote specifically during the romanticism era we see it vital to figure out the significant, every so often underlining, messages that an author may be trying to convey through their plot, character arrangement or even the scenes that the characters find themselves in. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s My Kinsman, Major Molineux, is a great example of how an author tells more about the world around themselves through the stories they write. In this short story we are introduced to a young boy, Robin, who is in search of an older gentleman, Major Molineux, which he feels a strong connection to and is determined to find. From a literal perspective one could see this short story for exactly what is written but to gather a deeper meaning it is important to look at the symbolism of a quest/journey to understand what Hawthorne may have been expressing. On a profounder level this short story is about reform and the journey to become conscious that the stability and security a person may have once had may not be present when reform takes place. But Hawthorne goes even deeper by allowing Robin to come to conclusion that, more importantly, he did not need Major Molineux to survive. This story can be seen as a story of some of the American people after independence. We can see that the American people, young and inquisitive, were going through a journey much like Robin. The American people, during this time period, had gained their independence from Great Britain for quite some time but not every American citizen had adapted to the transformation and reform. Some Americans still had emotional ties to the system that was once in place and were on the journey of understanding the importance of their free...
The Bostonians, was first published by Henry James as a serial in a magazine and only 1886 did it get turned into a book. This novel tells an intricate story of the relationships and ideals between men and women of the time in which the story is set. The book has within itself many underlining themes that are emphasized by the characters personalities and natures; and the events surrounding the historical context of this novel i.e. the events of the civil war and its influence. The use of personification to reflect the complexity of the situation evokes emotions which speak to the larger issues presented by the story, the idea of gender, region and national memory.
What truly defines someone as a man? There are many answers to the question. Unfortunately, society has warped the true concept of manhood and replaced it with many stereotypes that every man is expected to follow. As a result, the idea of manhood is nothing more than a collection of stereotypes. This warped concept was no different during the Jacobean era. The manly hero in many pieces of literature mostly shared the same traits, and was always revered for it. However, Shakespearean plays were an exception. This is especially true in the tragedy Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. The concept of Manhood is explored in Macbeth, but more importantly, its validity is explored and questioned. In Macbeth, Shakespeare challenges the stereotypical concepts of manhood through the use characterization and contrast between the characters throughout the play.