Sociological Analysis of the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is based on the experience of a criminal that elected to move to a mental institution to avoid serving his time at a prison work camp. The criminal, Randall P. McMurphy, or McMurphy, as the other inmates call him, was under the impression that his sentence would be converted to the amount of time he would …showed first 75 words of 1687 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1687 total…think about, and it gave me a chance to see a more in depth look about "insanity" and the way it is perceived by society. Although this movie was originally made for entertainment purposes, I think that it is a key factor in the learning and understanding of sociology and also psychology. I also think that it would provide a better understanding to all of us that remain on the "sane" side of the wall.