please help!!!
2006-11-30 16:00:56 · 7 answers · asked by candice E.V. 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
it is for a psychology class there is something wrong with him i asked my teacher and she said there it but she cant tell me what cause that is what my paper is supposed to be about.
2006-11-30 16:10:50 · update #1
McMurphy is faking insanity in order to avoid hard prison time. That's the irony of the story - he would probably have had a better chance in prison than in the mental institution.
2006-11-30 16:15:28 · answer #1 · answered by sonomanona 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The whole point of the story is about the incompetence and abusiveness in the mental health industry. As a vehicle to demonstrate this, they put a non-insane person in an asylum and show how the institution tries to mold him into a crazy person. When they fail, they administer electric shock therapy until they fry his brain and now he fits their mold.
2006-12-01 20:26:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may be better off posting this question in the Social Science > Psychology section of Yahoo Answers.
2006-12-01 02:10:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well the whole premise about him faking insanity to get out of trouble and his constant brushes with authority could make you think perhaps he is a narsasist(not sure the spelling).
2006-12-01 09:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He faked being insane, but the real problem is that he does not respect authority
2006-12-01 00:19:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As he says himself, "too much &uckiing and too much fighitng..."
Big Nurse, however, sees it differently.... and, sadly (if you see it that way) she fixes his little red-headed wagon...
2006-12-01 03:39:58 · answer #6 · answered by Ms. Switch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing..hes just there avoiding jail time
2006-12-01 00:09:25 · answer #7 · answered by Leeroy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋