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Page 1: Reflection Paper on the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Caña, Analyn C.

III-9 BS Psychology

Reflection Paper on “One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest”

There is a thin line between “normal” and “abnormal”. R.P Mc Murphy

is a normal person even though he is suspected to be insane that is why he

is admitted to a mental hospital. Despite the fact that he is admitted to

asylum, he was able to feel the freedom from the jail where he came from,

and was able to interact with his inmates in the institution. Thus, while

having a group meeting he was able to observe the actions of other inmates

and see what the problem is. He was able to play basketball, cards, go

fishing and establish relationship or connections with them. On the other

hand, Chief has established insanity because of pretending that he is deaf

and unable to speak, in which the product of pressure inside the asylum and

the staffs working there. But then, even if he is schizophrenic, deaf, and

unable to speak he was able to observe his inmates and knows how they

interact with each other. Therefore, insanity can be acquired by a person if

he/she is being pressured by the environment he is in as well as the people

that he encounters.

For me, the thing that Mc Murphy must have done to avoid his tragic

death is that he does not underestimate the power Nurse Ratched, who has

influence inside and out of the institution, someone who can do and that he

must not been so confident that he can change all the things that he does

not like inside the institution. In addition, Chief should have let his so-called

savior, Mc Murphy, live even if he experiences severe physical pain.

In my own opinion, the main character has benefitted in the counseling

or the group meeting that has been done inside the institution because with

the use of it he was able to observe the way his inmates react and talk to

one another. Although, for me, the group meeting does not give help to the

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Reflection on One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest

people who is mentally-ill because Nurse Ratched does not give an

intervention regarding to the concern of the inmates who is being the topic

of the meeting but let the inmates quarrel with one another and did nothing

but just stare to those people. During the group counseling, the nurse just

manipulates the fear and desires of the inmates that is why some just nod

while some keeps their mouth shut. The so-called group meeting makes

Nurse Ratched achieve her personal goal which is orderliness and power

over the inmates.

In relation to Abnormal Psychology, I was able to observe the way

people with mental illness behave unlike with the normal behavior the

regular people do. There are actions and behavior being done by those who

are disturbed people, mentally-ill individual and those with traumatic

experience. I was able to witness how a mentally-ill person behaves when

there is someone who is manipulating them. With the help of the movie, I

become aware of some abnormal behaviors and using it I will judge less

those who belongs to the people with unusual actions. Thus, the knowledge I

gained will be a great help especially when I pursue my studies to be a

licensed Guidance Counselor. As a Guidance Counselor I will surely

encounter some cases that concerning mental illness and abnormal

behavior. In addition, I realized that there is really a quiet thin line between

“normal” and “abnormal”.


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