Rage Against the Machine
The world we live in is a beautiful and complex ocean of experiences and adventures. So complex is the world that often one is not able to perceive the subtle powers that orchestrate our lives into mechanic roles of existence. Society has developed a machine to shape every individual character on the face of the planet into a controlled drone capable of living an independent yet monitored life amongst other mindless drones programmed to fulfill their everyday duties. This machine is not tangible, it is not something one can see, but it is something that very few people can feel and understand how it works. This machine is called conformity. It is the intricate and complicated method of producing mass numbers of robots willing to do the bidding of those in power. This machine has been documented; authors have revealed the grasp of the machine on society. Works such as the book One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Dead Poet's Society show the effects of conformity. These works introduce cases when people are aware of the machine, but want to break away from it. In One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, a crazy hallucinating Native American in an insane ward named Chief Bromden has the power to se
But all of life is a struggle to be an individual and not be lost in a sea of faces, not allowed to stand for one's views or battle for one's beliefs. Individualism is the basis of human emotion and it creates speciality. Still he will insist on acting foolish" (152). Bromden can see the powerful influence of bravery that McMurphy gives to him, in a simple handshake. Gaining twelve followers against the conforming, and rejects surrendering to any electroshock torture done to him. This book shows what effect conformity has done on the patients in the insane ward. The effect that McMurphy and Keating had on their followers was beautiful, but it was very threatening to the workings of the machine, conformity. Being figments re of his imagination, Bromden is the only one who can see them and he knows the great power of the machine, conformity. She uses her ultimate weapon on McMurphy, the lobotomy, removing ones capability to have any emotions at all, a part of our individuality. Both works show courageous feats of spiritual strength and daring acts of rebellion, but ultimately, both works show the tragic and inevitable triumph of society and conformity on those who try to stand against the rules. When McMurphy felt he could not risk his life for the freeing of the other inmates, he temporarily abandons his quest, which disappoints some of his followers. After Cheswick tries to stand up to Big Nurse, McMurphy gives him no support. Bromden sees his hand swelling, his imaginary physical size growing as his emotional spirit is increasing. The head of the ward, Big Nurse, moves the inmates like puppets with wires and operates on patients to reduce the risk of outbursts of insanity.
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