Luve Vs McMurphy

R.P. McMurphy and Luke in the novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and the film “Cool Hand Luke are very similar. One of the major similarities between the two characters was their rebellious character traits. It seemed like wherever McMurphy or Luke went they were rising up (or at least trying to) against their superiors. I believe this was because they wanted to establish their power in the situation they were in. I believe that the authors of the two stories tried to make the main characters almost “god-like” because they wanted to show us that there is always hope along the route you choose to take. McMurphy was always trying to get the men in the hospital to cheer up and go out with him; he also always showed the men that he was not afraid to stand up against authority. Luke was also a religious figure to his inmates at the ward because he always showed them how to have a good time and he was always in good spirits. Luke was also never afraid to stand up against the authority, even if it meant he had to spend the night in the box. I think that McMurphy was a lot more rebellious than Luke was; Luke was just there to do work and have a good time. I don’t think either of the men deserved the punishments they got in the end of the book.