one flew over the cuckoos nest
It is often said that Jesus lives inside all of us. Sometimes this is hard to believe, almost impossible, however Ken Kesey shows through his character R. P. McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest that the Spirit of Christ is present in even the least expected of all people. McMurphy is a symbol for Christ as he tries to free the patients of the combine from Big Nurse’s control. McMurphy strives for justice for his fellow patients through his non-judgmental character, his Christ-like actions, and even in death. Similar to Jesus, McMurphy treats the patients of the ward equally. As soon as he entered the ward, McMurphy takes it upon himself to shake hands with and meet every single person there. Not to discriminate against anyone, “he shakes the hands of the Wheelers and the Walkers and Vegetables, shakes hands that he has to pick up out of laps like picking up dead birds”(Kesey, 25). Big Nurse has spent her whole life molding the ward into her own perfection that is at the expense of the patients, where she abuses her power to hold complete control over each person that belittles them and strikes fear into their eyes. In biblical scriptures it is shown how Jesus never held himself above other
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Approximate Word count = 1045
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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