English 4
Mr. Merrill
Jeffrey Baker
What does insanity mean?
In the movie, “One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest,” the setting is an insane asylum in which the characters:
Randall Patrick McMurphy, Nurse Ratchet, Harding, Billy Bibbit, Chief Broom,
and others all are completely insane. However, when Randall is conversing with
Doctor Spidey, it seems that not only is Randall not crazy, but he is also just
the slightest bit intelligent. The rest of characters are perhaps more
borderline if anyone was even questioning whether or not they are psychotic or
not. Billy of course has a stuttering problem, but besides that, it seems that
he is not truly normal, but normal enough. Nurse Ratchet is a nurse and
therefore could not possibly be irrational physically or mentally. The
remaining characters are clearly deranged because they do not speak right and
they certainly do not act right either.
The question above is,
“What does it mean to be insane?” The definition of insane is, “In a state of
mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction.”(
"Insane
Definition - Google Search." Insane Definition - Google Search.
N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.) This definition well describes but does not
fully cover the extent at which this word can used. Insanity in the eyes of
person who is already insane is being normal. In the eyes of a person who has
trouble understanding the world and yet is not considered to be insane sees it
as confusing. And lastly, a “normal” person who tries and follows all the rules
and all the laws and is a good citizen sees it as abnormal, or essentially, not
right. Overall, insanity can be viewed as something good, something that is
needed, or something that has no use and should never be accepted into our
local communities.
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