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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest The movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, tells the story of McMurphy, a convict, who is sent to a mental institution because he believes he is insane. In actuality McMurphy, is sane when he comes to the mental ward, he only wants to get out of the work that jail time entails. It is believed that his stay in the mental ward is what drives the man insane. …

…the mental ward. When the two different societies of the mental ward and the outside world meet, they were bound to change each other. These changes can be seen by observing the patients actions to the old rules of the mental ward and McMurphy's actions while in the mental ward. Who can say if these changes were for the better? All that can be said is that they clearly changed in some form or another.