One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest: Power Essay -- essays research papers

One Flew oer the Cuckoos Nest Power     Peoples conditionfulness to use power to control and manipulate situations andpeople is a dexterity not many people squander. Unfortunately this skill can backsheesh toconflict as it did in Ken Keselys novel One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest whenMcMurphy and Nurse Ratched meet each other.     McMurphy has been after Nurse Ratcheds power right from the beginning.After the first group meeting he pointed out(p) that the meeting was like a"pecking party". The Nurse starts it with pointing out something defile withsomeone and then the men join in with their criticism. Her book was the likeidea. The men would listen to each other and when one said something that theyshouldnt have they write it down so it can be brought up for " remedyreasons", but when McMurphy came all that changed. That made the nurse furious,that was her way of keeping holy control and power over the patients. &nbs p   McMurphy had complete power over the patients from when he first came in.Nobody like him had ever been in the ward before. He came in singing andlaughing, something that no one had heard in a long time. He walked around theroom shaking hands, introducing himself to everyone, even the chronics. Hetaught the acutes how to play cards and he taught them to gamble. His veryfirst bet though was that he could get the best of nurse Ratched within the week,and he did. She...