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Deconstructing "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest": Analyzing Characters and Themes

Dive deep into Kesey's classic to explore the significance of names, character actions, and influences, focusing on McMurphy, Ratched, and Bromden. Understand the pivotal moments, like Cheswick's death and the fishing trip, reflecting broader ideas of disorder and control in society.

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Deconstructing "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest": Analyzing Characters and Themes

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  1. Aim: What is now influencing the actions of the patients? Do Now: What do you think is the significance of Chief Bromden’s name? Where does Chief come from? Where does Bromden come from? What does the combination refer to?

  2. Cheswick’s death • What changed for Cheswick and the other patients in the ward? • Does Cheswick commit suicide? • What does Cheswick’s death mean to • McMurphy? • Nurse Ratched? • Chief Bromden?

  3. Time to deconstruct… • Why does McMurphy break the glass knowing what he has to lose? • What is the significance of the line, “That window glass was so spick and span I com-pletely forgot it was there”?

  4. McMurphy’s Influence • “Damned if you do and damned if you don’t” – What is McMurphy’s response? • How have the patients’ behaviors been changed by the influence of McMurphy? Refer to Harding, Billy Bibbit and Scanlon’s activities on p. 208 • McMurphy is essentially an agent of disorder introduced into a very ordered environment. If his influence is to be seen as positive, what larger idea in Kesey setting up here? Think macrocosm, larger world.

  5. Bromdenspeaks • What has finally brought Bromden to speak? • Where are Bromden’s fogs? How are his memories in stark contrast to the fog? • What effect has McMurphy had on Bromden? Refer to p.192

  6. Fishing Trip • What would the fishing trip mean to McMurphy? The Patients? Nurse Ratched? • How does the fishing trip begin to become symbolic?

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