Inside the pages of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" is one of the most foul issues our society faces today, fraud. Are McMurphy's deceitful actions exusable? Or is there a malfuntion inside of his soul that would drive him to do the things that he does.
McMurphy pretends to be insaned to escape the harsh condition of his prison work camp. Is this morally acceptable? Would you fake a mental illness to get away from the physical pain and mental breakdown that a prison work camp offers? It's a question that no one could asnwer until they had actually been through similar experience.
I believe that his morals are true. He honestly believed that he may die if he were to work another day in that camp. That is definatley a justified reason for commiting a felony. People could agrue this till the end of time and there would still be no resolve. But, I would strongly consider putting yourself in the position of McMurphy before judging his actions. McMurphy comes off as being a rude and disrespectful person. This is a result of he prision sentence. "You have to be tough to stay alive in there" he states at one point in the novel. His actions are not accepted but they are understood.
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I believe that McMurphey's actions are excusable. If I were forced to be put into a prison work camp, I would do almost anything to escape the harshness, as long as it would save my humanity from suffering. When poeple go to jail their emotions become hardened. They have to or you could possibly die from emotional exhaustion. I believe that MacMurpheys motives are not completely selfish, he seems to also be a warm hearted person and most likely wants to keep that side of him safe from the hardening effects that prison can have on poeple. Also MacMurphey is not hurting anyone by doing what he is doing, if anything he is helping the people that he comes in contact with by giving them hope of better times and more self esteem.
Zack, I really liked the last line of your blog, "His actions aren't accepted, but they're understood". I believe that in society today, a lot of circumstances revolve around this idea and that some kids for example are the way they are because of a lack of parenting.
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