one flew over the cuckoo's nest

Winner of 5 Academy Awards in 1975

one flew over the cuckoo's nest

• Randall Patrick Mac Murphy• Chief• Billy Bibbitt• Martini and Cheswick• Taber• Dale Harding• Fredrickson and Sefelt• Bancini and Scanlon

•Nurse Ratched

CUCKOOS NEST

• Committed cuckoos• MAC• CHIEF• TABER

• Voluntary cuckoos• 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

• 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

• 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 RatchedRatched 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