What's the Difference between One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest the Book and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest the Movie?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Book vs Movie
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By the time McMurphy is admitted into the hospital, Taber has already been "fixed" and released. |
Taber is present throughout most of the story. |
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Cheswick drowns in the hospital pool about halfway through the novel. |
Cheswick does not drown, is present during the fishing trip, and is sent to the Disturbed ward along with McMurphy and Bromden.
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The pool lifeguard, a fellow inmate, tells McMurphy that the nurses have the final say about how long the inmates have to stay in the hospital. |
Washington tells this to McMurphy. |
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Bromden, the narrator, reminisces in great detail about his life prior to the hospital, as the child of an indian tribe that was forced to give up their home by the Combine, and later a soldier. |
This is not shown.
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Bromden narrates how he perceives the bulk of society to function as a machine called the Combine, comparing the hospital's staff and facilities to various mechanisms. |
Bromden's inner monologue is absent. |