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The film “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” is based on the novel by Ken Kesey. The story begins with Randall P. McMurphy being brought in handcuffs to a mental institution for a psychiatric evaluation. Mr. McMurphy is coming from the state prison where he is serving a five-year sentence, but has been feigning insanity to get out of the prison work detail. McMurphy tells the hospital director that he does not believe he is crazy, but rather “a god damned marvel of science”. Although the hospital director is in agreement, McMurphy ultimately ends up being committed to the mental facility and with this action, Kesey begins McMurphy’s journey towards heroism (Seger 319). While at a first glance one might consider this to be simply a fine entertaining piece of filmmaking, showing us the adventures of a rebellious free spirit in a mental ward, it’s story goes much deeper, for we have only scratched the surface. With the film of the story of “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”, Kesey holds a mirror to our society and the images we see reflected back are of a dark, oppressive and controlling society whose goal is to foster social integration and squelch individuality, creating a compliant society. With the creation