One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey: An analysis of the curative and transforming power of laughter over the plot, characters and settings of both the novel and film.

Includes works cited, annotated along each quote of the essay. MLA format. Includes 4 written sources, 4 internet sources. All works cited proven and true here is a paragraph: Characterization is essential in the portrayal of the duel between laughter and control in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The first thing McMurphy notes on the ward are the patient's faces, which are neutral and depressed, which motivates him to do something about it. Chief Bromden notes, "…

…expressing his emotions of happiness, which could lead to a feeling of individualism and in consequence a "rebel" attitude and disobedience of her totalitarian rule. Nig Nurse "speaks for the fixed patter, the unbreakable routine, the submission of the individual will to mechanical humorless control" (Draper 1991). Nurse ratchet and McMurphy represent the eternal fight of good and evil, the yin and yang. They represent the battle between human humor and mechanical order in daily life.