Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Metaphor Responses
I also have to agree with Billy and Andy. McMurphy is a force acted upon the Nurse and has the ability to push her out of the way and "save the geese." The headlights of the car allowed a path of light. This could possibly represent a path for the geese to follow. In other words, McMurphy wants the patients to follow his path by uniting and defeating the the Nurse. I think the patients are slowly learning to follow is lead, especially the Chief.
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I don't agree with Ariel. It is not likely that Kesey would have symbolized McMurphy with a car. The Chief sees mechanics (the corruption of conformity) as a threat. The Chief believes McMurphy is a liberator; something natural in a sterile, machine-driven environment. I believe placing names on these symbols is too specific. He is looking through a window to the outside world. Nurse Ratched and McMurphy are on the inside. This isn't how he views what is happening on the inside. It is a reflection of what is going on outside the walls he is trapped within. The corruption of societal conformity is destroying the balance of everything that is good and natural. A dog hunting prey; the balance of the food chain. The car is there to interrupt this natural process of hunter and hunted, placing the hunter in harms way without him being aware of it. I also find it strangely appropriate that the Chief notices this after he fully realizes McMurphy's ill-fated situation. McMurphy has opened the Chief's eyes. He can see quite clearly now, but he is not seeing hope, only despair. All hope is lost for the Chief, even in the outside world.
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