One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest & Cool Hand Luke

In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the film Cool Hand Luke, both main characters practiced similar roles. Randall Patrick McMurphy was actually in a prison farm before they sent him to the mental institution. Lucas and McMurphy are similar in a lot of ways, and most importantly they are self made heroes. They both tried to escape from the prison camp; Lucas by running away countless of times, and McMurphy by claiming that he's a lunatic. One of the many different events that have caught my attention are the bets they each made. Lucas's bet was that he can eat fifty eggs in one hour, and McMurphy bets that he can lift the control panel in the tub room. Both bets were very difficult to achieve, and even though one succeeds and the other fails, they both gave an effort and tried their best. When Lucas was done eating fifty boiled eggs, he was laying down in a position similar to the crucifiction of Jesus Christ, and when McMurphy didn't have the strength to lift the control panel, his hands started to bleed symbolizing the blood coming from Jesus Christ's nail scarred hands. They are both being referred to as the savior Jesus Christ, who's job was to save the world. They are very different from the rest. They do things according to what's on their mind, and they don't fear any of the consequences. They each tried to surpass their authority for a lot of reasons, and the most important one is to relief the other men from their misery. To rather awaken them from their nightmares. To give them a sense of life and hope. They loved to gamble, even with their lives. For once, they both doubted their abilities, and started to conform with their roles, but then couldn't hold on to it anymore, so it cost them their lives. McMurphy was lobotomized, and Lucas was shot. But, they remained as the heroes in the minds of others. The only major difference in between the two is the person that was in control of them. For McMurphy it was nurse Ratched, and for Lucas it was the boss of the prison camp. It just goes to show that anybody can become an evil force, and the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, was not misogynous.