One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest and Clockwork Orange

whizz Flew eerywhere the Cuckoos Nest and Clockwork chromaticIn both bourgeois and Kesey moderates we argon hosted by characters that are rejected by society. Society which has stired them so greatly, that it has caused them to take a leak decisions that clear affected the step upcome of each of these brilliant saucys. In the Clockwork Orange we are introduced to the character Alex. Alex in this new can be viewed as the unreliable bank clerk, collect to the feature that it is almost impossible to pick out what will be his next move in the novel, this creates an element of suspense. As we contend the make is coiffure in futuristic Britain and the way in which so called Futuristic Britain is laid out maybe plays a big part in the behaviour of Alex. In One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest by view Kesey the narrator the fountainhead who is a fractional Indian man assumes the position of a half deaf, half dumb individualist. Though his stance in the book shows his true p osition as with his eyeball we memorise vividly what the new(prenominal) characters are interchangeable especially R.P McMurphy, we also throughout the book see him as a reliable narrator. Though we wonder when reading one who flew over the Cuckoos nest, if the narrator should slay in fact been R.P Mc Murphy. I say this because the majority of the novel is closely him and his time in the deranged ward, though we can firmly understand why he would non be adapted narrator because he would disembodied spirit empowered to control the flow of the narration. but in Chief Bromdens baptistery, he has non been lobotomized but freed and he is the one who tells the base of McMurphy and becomes an individual who we can trust to de zippyr the story accurately. The Chief tells us his story through memory and sometimes perhaps when he is sees a genuine object he breaks down for model the fog. The Function of both narrators is to dictate the story and explore the faults in society. Through the psychological deterioration of McMurphy the Chief comments on how society has somewhat contributed to the downfall of R.P McMurphy.When we are initial introduced to Alex we automatically as readers dislike him for the fact that he participates in ultraviolent activities and adapts to way of living which consists of going to milk bar, getting drugged up and beating someone up. However when face up at Alexs we see an spring view of society and somewhat we feel sympathetic about the way he behaves as he does not know any better, the writers in terms of both narrators forces the reader to consider what it would be like to live in their shoes of as well as highlighting the function each narrator holds. Based in an kind institution in Oregon, One who flew over the Cuckoos nest uses the theme of Societys destruction of humans, the chief(prenominal) protagonist succumbs to the machine and the machine suppresses him and his uniqueness. Here we see the main function of Chi ef Broomden as the narrator, we mulct one of the many horrible accuracys about this hospital he reveals that the hospital has not hardly destroyed his life but his compassion as well. The knowledge that we learn from Chief Broomden shows the sad life that the inmates live and how the machine is slowly tearing their humanity from them. The Chief begins by telling us what the fruity asylum is like and in the opening sentence we hear him saying, Black boys commit sex acts in the antechamber and get it mopped up before I can catch them. This quote you can use in order to compare to the lifestyle of the inmates, they are individuals who have no future and have been mopped up by society and discarded. However in relation to this quote we cannot really put our full trust in The Chief as he proves that his memory is perhaps a little disjointed and his recollection of events are not exactly true. However The Chiefs character plays an important part in the way we are depicted the story as his stance as a deaf and dumb person has allowed him to eavesdrop conversations which post a sense of accuracy when they are conveyed towards the readers. The Chiefs character plays on the theme of Invisibility, the Chief throughout the book is in the prickerground though his assumption that there are so called unavowed machines contributes to his paranoia. The quote, I been profound so long now its gonna roar out of me like floodwaters and you think the guy telling this is claptrap and raving my God you think this is too horrible to have really happened, this is too awful to be the truth But, please. Its still hard for me to have clear mind thinking on it. But its the truth even if it didnt happen. Is just an example of Chief Broomden mental state, this is taken from part one of One who flew over the cuckoos nest. Another example of the Chiefs character is where he is existence taken in to be shaven he uses Air raids to describe what it feels like however at this point fro m the story he has still not addressed the readers though the readers now have access to his thoughts. Kesey does this because he wants to get the readers familiar to the Chief and not discard the Chief just how society has discarded the Chief. In terms of the function of the narrator, one of Chief Broomden functions is to show what sort of hell patients of insane asylums go though just because they have been discarded by society. If we look at the last line of this quote we see Bromdens hallucinations are not just insane hallucinations but they provide a metaphorical perspective. In terms of the of the quote the metaphorical perspective is the fact that Broomden throughout this story regains some of his humanity back, he still sees the gruelling everyday life of the insane asylum. Even though the Chief is liable to hallucinations we have to trust the Chief to deliver the story of R.P McMurphy due to the fact that the Chief is our messenger. The Chief also assumes that the patients are controlled, by tiny machines who tell them what to do from the inside. However when R.P McMurphy is around he shows the patients by smashing the glass window that even if we cannot see that we are being controlled, he makes them remember that Society and especially Mrs Ratched are manipulating them.This occurs in the Clockwork Orange, as we see the story through the main protagonist Alex. Similarly in the Clockwork Orange Alex is subject to an experimentation which can also be interpreted as a way of tearing Alexs humanity away from him. He is subjected to the The Ludovico technique which makes him feel ill by thought and the viewing of violence. This quote represents Alexs lifestyle as he isnt like our other fellow narrator the Chief, The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultraviolence. We can tell for this quote that Alex lives in a bei ngness were sex, drugs and violence dominate. With Alex the way he talks symbolizes the fact that he is immature. He unlike the Chief is systematically uses slang vocabulary throughout the novel, the type of language that Alex uses is nadsat. Nadsat representing the Russian influence and socialist views that are presented in Burgesss Clockwork Orange. Burgess has cleverly implemented nadsat into this story as certain words have a hidden meaning. This in terms of our narrator provides a depth and deeper understanding of our main protagonist. For example in Alexs case the fact that Alex nicknames egg (eggiweg) and milk (moloko) gives us the image of a small baby who cannot fully suppose a word. However it is clear that both egg and milk represent birth and youth.However the impact of Christ like figure in both novellas adds a religious aspect to the story. Both narrators pick out this, however in one who flew over the Cuckoos nest the Chief is more like the angel Gabriel and Mc Mur phy is viewed more like Christ. In the Clockwork orange our narrator Alex can be interpreted as a Christ like figure. Alex in Clockwork orange serves two functions first as narrator and secondly as martyr figure. In terms of the martyr figure, Alex is seen to give who he is in order to conform to the system. The fact that Alex attempts to kill himself in the last part of the story shows how society can repress you that much that the only option is to take you own life. Alexs narration is similar to that of Christs final three days, as we know from the bible Jesus dies, buried and comes back to life. This is similar to Alex, Alex is caught by the police, thrown in prison and comes back to normal. Also in part two Alex makes a few comparisons to that of Christ, by turning the other pertness after being hit in the face.In relation to structure, when looking at A Clockwork Orange we can say that the novel is structured like that of a musical composition. The novel is structured in 3 parts, 7 chapters and each chapter conforms to an ABA pattern. When looking at part 1 we can see the proportion in part 3 as it mirrors each other. However part 2 is very diverse from both part 1 and 3. Both chapter 1 and 3 take are situated around Alexs home or area, however part 2 is taking place when Alex is in prison. When looking at Part 1 we see Alex saying Whats it going to be then, eh?, the same question is asked by the prison guard in Part 2. When looking at the structure of the plot we see that the plot itself contains inversions. For example if we look back at Part one we see that Alex preys on other characters, however if we look at Part 3 Alex is the one who is getting preyed upon. When comparing the structure of A Clockwork Orange to One who flew over the cuckoos nest we see that that the book is seen to be a work of social criticism. This meaning that this book in a sense can be viewed as record book, as throughout the novel us as the audience develop our knowledge on each of these characters. When looking at individual chapters in the book Chapters 12 to 14 stands out as both of them start and end up quickly. The reason for this is perhaps to show how our narrator Chief Bromdens incoherent interpretation of the world around him. Our narrator throughout these two chapters in particular but also in most of the book presents only very short accounts of what is happening in the insane asylum. However when looking at Chief Broomden narrations in the relation to the structure he doesnt focus on what is around him, for example when the character Old Rawler commits self-annihilation the details provided by the Chief are not clear at all. The Chief hardly ever in the story goes into detail what is around him, only when the fog is around he goes into description about the fog and how it affects him and the other patients on the ward. Bromden then in Chapter 15 compares the so called fog machine that the mental institution apparently have to the fog t hat he witnessed during the War. The story spoken by the Chief suggests to us that perhaps the reason why the Chief does not describe what he sees in full is perhaps due to an incident that happened in the war.