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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Cuckoo's Nest and Cool Hand Luke
Both the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the movie Cool Hand Luke highlight the behavioral traits of the two most outgoing characters. The book and movie are similar and different in more ways than one. Some of these similarities include the sort of prison setting both and the "hero" traits that both main characters possess. The plans of the two men differ in that one intends to stay where he is and the other is constantly trying to escape. Both men are shot down at every turn. R.P. McMurphy when he tries to change things in the institution and Luke when he is constantly caught while escaping. So why do these men continue getting back up to only be shot back down?
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I agree the book highlights the main characters' behavioral traits. McMurphy is your typical trouble maker: constantly stirring up trouble and getting under the skin of his superiors right from the start. Luke isn't as pestering as McMurphy. For a while he had won the hearts of everyone in the prison including the guards and everyone really liked him. Whereas McMurphy had intentions of causing trouble from the start, Luke was acting true to himself when he kept getting up during the fight and when he paved the road really fast. In response to his question, I think it is there innate behavior to keep trying even when they get shot down.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the statements that you are saying. These men continue to get back up because they see that their hero cool hand luke is doing it, so they feel the need to. One thing i would like to point out in cool hand luke that is different from CN is that luke starts off as this chilled back guy who brings out his inner "bad-boy" and RP starts off as the bad boy and slowly, for a short brief period, turns into the chilled, laid-back guy. However, i agree with the statement that both of these two are the biggest influences to their settings in each story. Both RP and Luke exemplify the characteristics of "jesus" as well with signs such as luke laying down on the table. For some reason, RP trying to lift the panel is like the story of Arthur lifting the sword out of the stone. He is trying to be that hero that the "town", or the ward, wants to see
ReplyDeleteThis two sources of media are very similar and this idea present in the films come up in many different stories through out history. The classic rebel without a cause. Just trying to watch the world burn. I believe these men do what they do because they honestly can't do anything else. It's in the nature of these men. They were born to shake up the world that they live in. Even if it takes them down in the end, which it does do in this case. Many people believe that these people are entirely necessary in society because without them we would be walked all over by the "overseers" of our world.
ReplyDeleteThis two sources of media are very similar and this idea present in the films come up in many different stories through out history. The classic rebel without a cause. Just trying to watch the world burn. I believe these men do what they do because they honestly can't do anything else. It's in the nature of these men. They were born to shake up the world that they live in. Even if it takes them down in the end, which it does do in this case. Many people believe that these people are entirely necessary in society because without them we would be walked all over by the "overseers" of our world.
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