Everything in the Chiefs eyes before him getting healthier was realitive to him seeing everything in different sizes he thought everything andeveryone around was bigger than he was that is why he just acted deaf and dumb
Now that the Chief is starting to see things in the same perspective as he once did it is becoming easier to control the things around him. His flashbacks that once took over him and put him into the fog are no longer able to control his feelings. While recieving EST he has a flashback and is at first being taken over by it, but once he takes control and comes out of it he then realized that he can control his flashbacks and the combine that once had him "running scared." All in all i believe that the majority of this dramatic change in thought can be mostly attributed to McMurphy. He cause the Chief to become a "big" man agian, he also by leading by example gave the Chief the courage to fight against he aides regardless of what the consequence could be.
The Chief sees things as being bigger or smaller as also being positive or negative. If a person is bigger then they are better, or at least posses more power. The less power someone gets the smaller they get in the Chief's eyes, even if they are a rather large person. For example chief is a big person, but he only perceives himself to be as big as his confidence is. The chief did not have any confidence so he thought he was small but as his confidence grows so does his vision of himself. Being bigger gives him more power and he is able to do more.
i believe that McMurphy helped all of the guys on the ward. he helped show cheif how big he truely was and what he could do with his size. he was a true hero for all of the guys even if he did take alot of gain whill they were all takeing a financial loss.
I agree with Brandon, McMurphy was definitely a hero to the other patients on the ward. The confidence that McMurphy gave the other patients changed their lives completely. Even though not everyone escaped with the Chief and McMurphy, the rest of the ward are all still better off now than they were before.
I completely agree. McMurphy has helped everyone on the ward gain confidence, but especially the Chief. The confidence boost that McMurphy gives to the Cheif allows the Chief not only to come out of the fog, but also see everyones true sizes. This is important because the Chief has been the biggest all along, he just needed the confidence to see that. These things help the Chief become more sane. It is also ironic that McMurphy is the one that helps the Chief become more sane, when he is accused of being the most insane.
Chief describes people by their true size not their physical size. People in the book allow others to define their worth, and are seen differently than their natural state. For example Nurse Ratched is considered very big because society sees her as a big figure in the ward. Bromdens Perception of himself slowly shrunk with time, because people made him feel less and less important. Bromden even considered his mother bigger than him and his father, because she had control over the two of them. As the story goes on, Chief slowly "gets bigger in size" because he starts to gain is confidence back and his individuality.
The chief all along had a problem with confidence, and persieved himself as a small person, rather then actually seeing his real size. On page 219, when the chief and Mcmurphy have a talk, and Mcmurphy asks the chief, "couldnt you tell them off?" The chief imediatly replies by saying that he is smaller then Mcmurphy is. This is all new and sort of confusing to Mcmurphy, he doesnt understand the chiefs lack of confidence. Later in the book, the cheif starts to see himself as his actual size. Mcmuphy helps the chief along with other patients gain confidence by acting like a role model and using sacrifice.
McMurphy also becomes "bigger" in the sense that he died a hero, a legend, which is a bigger than anything he thought or the nurse thought he could be.
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Now that the Chief is starting to see things in the same perspective as he once did it is becoming easier to control the things around him. His flashbacks that once took over him and put him into the fog are no longer able to control his feelings. While recieving EST he has a flashback and is at first being taken over by it, but once he takes control and comes out of it he then realized that he can control his flashbacks and the combine that once had him "running scared." All in all i believe that the majority of this dramatic change in thought can be mostly attributed to McMurphy. He cause the Chief to become a "big" man agian, he also by leading by example gave the Chief the courage to fight against he aides regardless of what the consequence could be.
The Chief sees things as being bigger or smaller as also being positive or negative. If a person is bigger then they are better, or at least posses more power. The less power someone gets the smaller they get in the Chief's eyes, even if they are a rather large person. For example chief is a big person, but he only perceives himself to be as big as his confidence is. The chief did not have any confidence so he thought he was small but as his confidence grows so does his vision of himself. Being bigger gives him more power and he is able to do more.
i believe that McMurphy helped all of the guys on the ward. he helped show cheif how big he truely was and what he could do with his size. he was a true hero for all of the guys even if he did take alot of gain whill they were all takeing a financial loss.
I agree with Brandon, McMurphy was definitely a hero to the other patients on the ward. The confidence that McMurphy gave the other patients changed their lives completely. Even though not everyone escaped with the Chief and McMurphy, the rest of the ward are all still better off now than they were before.
I completely agree. McMurphy has helped everyone on the ward gain confidence, but especially the Chief. The confidence boost that McMurphy gives to the Cheif allows the Chief not only to come out of the fog, but also see everyones true sizes. This is important because the Chief has been the biggest all along, he just needed the confidence to see that. These things help the Chief become more sane. It is also ironic that McMurphy is the one that helps the Chief become more sane, when he is accused of being the most insane.
Chief describes people by their true size not their physical size. People in the book allow others to define their worth, and are seen differently than their natural state. For example Nurse Ratched is considered very big because society sees her as a big figure in the ward. Bromdens Perception of himself slowly shrunk with time, because people made him feel less and less important. Bromden even considered his mother bigger than him and his father, because she had control over the two of them. As the story goes on, Chief slowly "gets bigger in size" because he starts to gain is confidence back and his individuality.
The chief all along had a problem with confidence, and persieved himself as a small person, rather then actually seeing his real size. On page 219, when the chief and Mcmurphy have a talk, and Mcmurphy asks the chief, "couldnt you tell them off?" The chief imediatly replies by saying that he is smaller then Mcmurphy is. This is all new and sort of confusing to Mcmurphy, he doesnt understand the chiefs lack of confidence. Later in the book, the cheif starts to see himself as his actual size. Mcmuphy helps the chief along with other patients gain confidence by acting like a role model and using sacrifice.
McMurphy also becomes "bigger" in the sense that he died a hero, a legend, which is a bigger than anything he thought or the nurse thought he could be.
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