Leading
people is something of great responsibility that people should not take
lightly. Not many people are born leaders but the ones that are must realize
how important their actions are and how what they do reflects upon the people
they lead. In One Flew Over the CuckCoos nest, McMurphy is a born leader. He’s
opinionated, charismatic, and has many leadership qualities. He leads the other
patients in rebellion against the rules Nurse Ratched has created in the asylum
and helps to give them newfound hope. I personally believe in the beginning he
was doing this for selfish reasons. He saw himself as invincible and led the
other patients for his own entertainment. In part 2 though, he soon realizes
the power Ratched has over him, how she decides when he is able to leave the
asylum, before this he thought he had to only serve his previous term. After
learning this new knowledge he becomes less confrontational and more subdued,
following the rules Nurse Ratched has in place. It becomes too late for this
though. He has started something amongst the patients of the mental hospital,
he has lit the fire of rebellion and with every waking day it grows larger
in their spirits. McMurphy knows he’s the only one that can lead the other
patients to having a better life in the hospital. He reinstates his rebellion
with Ratched, fully knowing this time the consequences he may face. I see this
as heroic and an example of martyrdom, the signs of a great leader. I think
great leaders don’t lead because they want too, I think they lead because they
have too. We need people like McMurphy cause if we didn’t have people like him are world would be much different, I think it would be a much darker world.
I’ve been
watching a lot of Game Of Thrones lately. I actually finished 2 seasons of the
show in a matter of a couple days, 20 hours of television in two sittings. In
some way I’m kind of proud of this and I don’t know why haha. It just an
awesome show and I highly recommend it. The reason I bring up Game of Thrones
though is because the show deals with many different leaders. It’s about the
struggle of many different people fighting to become king, fighting to become the
leader of the 7 kingdoms. Each different person could be leaders for their own different
reasons and I believe that in the end of the series, the person who is meant
for the job will become the rightful king. The others will fail because of
their intentions of why they want to be a leader. A leader doesn’t choose to be
a leader, a leader is chosen by the people.
The pursuit
of finding leaders has been glorified in our society I think. If you watch any
of the coverage on the current American election I think it’s a fucking gong
show. Two politicians picked by not the people of America,
but picked by the corporations that have decided to fund their campaigns. They
have not the interest of the people in mind but the interests of their backers
in mind and whoever ends up winning doesn’t change anything. We need real
leadership in society, we need someone we can believe in. 4 years ago Obama
promised the American people hope, and he failed them, showing he is too just a
puppet of wall street. I hope the idea of a true leader isn’t dead in society.
My views are pessimistic as of late though, and I fear we will forever be led
by idiots.