One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Comparison

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest written by Ken Kesey is a great book. In this novel the narrator

Chief is a unique and complex character. Everything is showed through his perspective. He suffers from P.T.S.D, he fought in world war 2 as a pilot. He sees everything as mechanical, making this book much more interesting than the film. In the film version we loose this uniqueness, witch is a vital importance to the impact this makes you feel. We also loose in the film the symbolism of hands that is written about in the book. The symbolism of hands in this book gives a sense of a character McMurphys are big and strong and he is a strong character. Harding's are dainty and soft, and he is gay. So that is another big piece we are missing from the film. In the book there is a lot of talk about Hardings "sexuality" In the book he seems much more homosexual than in the film, he just seems cowardly in the film. this is also important because he is there because he cant handle his own sexuality and what comes with it from society. The whole purpose of the combine is to produce products that can function in society. In the film this piece is missing as well. The fishing trip in the film was much different than it was in book. In the book the purpose of the fishing trip was to get the men some "guts" that they did not posses and it was meant for them to get away from what was holding them back,(the combine) in the book Chief goes on the fishing trip with them. But in the film he does not which is ironic because out of everyone in the story Chief developed the most guts out of anyone else. The characters in the book check themselves out at the end of the book, in the movie they don't so, you don't get a real idea of what McMurphy has accomplished with these men. He did what he wanted he gave them "Guts" In the film this is gone. The novel has much more of an impact than the film