Amiebrooke Lord Abnormal Psychology April Hollenhorst One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest This movie demonstrates much of what I despise about my fellow feeble-minded Americans. In this movie, I saw stereotypes galore, and almost every cliche in the book. For example, one voluntary patient is seeking therapy for his marital problems. It seems that he and his wife were having "sexual" problems. This ultimately leads everyone, patients and viewers alike, to believe that this man …showed first 75 words of 1286 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1286 total…labeled as illness. In an institution, the behavior would be dealt with in a manner that would suggest that it is a mental dysfunction that is being displayed, so it may be treated with medication or ECT . In my opinion, Nurse Ratched flew over the cuckoo's nest. She is the perhaps the "mother bird" watching out for the patients in the hospital, flying around while protecting their mental state of mind, in her own way.