one flew over the cuckoo's nest

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one flew over the cuckoo's nest
Winner of 5 Academy Awards in 1975
one flew over the cuckoo's nest
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Randall Patrick Mac Murphy
Chief
Billy Bibbitt
Martini and Cheswick
Taber
Dale Harding
Fredrickson and Sefelt
Bancini and Scanlon
•Nurse
Ratched
CUCKOOS NEST
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Committed cuckoos
MAC
CHIEF
TABER
• Voluntary cuckoos
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MARTINI CHESWICK
BILLY BIBBIT
FREDRICKSON SEFELT
BANCINI SCANLON
HARDING
WHY ARE THEY THERE?
WHY DO THEY STAY?
NOT READY? NOT NOW
WHEN THEN????
MAC
• Why is MAC not like a Christ figure??
• What type of characteristics does Mac share
with Christ? Mac is a leader and liberator
• How does Mac talk to his fellow cuckoo's?
• How do the fishing trip and basketball game
benefit the patients??
• “you’re not an idiot; you’re a fisherman”
Chief
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Why does Chief speak to Mac and only Mac??
Who does Chief represent in the Bible?
At first he is not ready to follow Mac, but later
“I feel like I am big as a mountain” (ROCK)
What is the story about Chief’s father?
• “My pop was real big. He did like he pleased. That's why
everybody worked on him. The last time I seen my father, he
was blind and diseased from drinking. And every time he put
the bottle to his mouth, he don't suck out of it, it sucks out of
him until he shrunk so wrinkled and yellow even the dogs
didn't know him.”
Billy Bibbitt
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Who does Billy represent in the Bible?
Why does Billy start stuttering again?
Does Billy take responsibility for his actions?
How does Billy respond to Nurse Ratched and
mention of his mother?
Martini AND Cheswick
• How do these men change as a result of Mac's
time with them?
• “I WANT SOMETHING DONE!”
• Mac is a man of action
• There is confusion as to “where MAC is”
• Sefelt and Harding have conflicting stories
• Very similar to the empty tomb…..
Mr. Harding
• Why does Mac call him Mr. Harding while
calling everyone else doctor??
Harding lights up a smoke right after Cheswick
asks nurse Ratched for his cigarettes
• Harding is having sexual problems with his
wife……….
• Mac tells them to steer the boat “straight”
Nurse Ratched
Ratched wrench to tighten and
• What does Nurse Ratched like?
• What does Nurse Ratched not like?
• How do the therapy sessions with Nurse
Ratched benefit the patients?
• The doctors say Mac is dangerous; they know
he is faking insanity and want to send him
back to prison, Ratched wants to “help” him
• Ratched authorizes the electric shock
treatment (HOT TO TROT) and lobotomy
the following biblical stories may be used to help with
your reflection paper:
• Luke 5 the calling of the first disciples (fishermen)
• Mark 7:31 the healing of the deaf and mute man
• Luke 18:9 the parable of the Pharisee & the tax
collector
• Luke 22 judas' betrayal, the last supper, Jesus is
arrested and sentenced to death
• Luke 22:39 the apostles fall asleep
• Matt 27 judas hangs himself
CUCKOO’S NEST PAPER
• CONNECT 2 BIBLICAL STORIES TO THE MOVIE
AND USE A QUOTE FROM THE BIBLE TO
ILLUSTRATE YOUR POINT
• YOUR THIRD AND CONCLUSIONARY FINAL
PARAGRAPH SHOULD EXPRESS YOUR
REACTION TO THE MOVIE, AND THE MESSAGE
OF THE MOVIE
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