“One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” an Allegory of Communism

â€Å"One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest†: an allegory of Communism Have you ever heard anything about the lives of people who live in a Communist country? I am personally one of those whose family struggled 18 years without individual rights and freedom under the Communist rule. I am familiar with the lives of those people. These experiences are not found in any Communist books. Before 1975, Vietnam was a republic. On April 30th, 1975, Communists took over the country. They claimed that our country was independent and that we would have liberty from then on. The truth is our individual rights and freedoms have been lost since that day. We lived under the Communist dictatorship and were forced to obey the orders of their leaders. We†¦show more content†¦And in the same way that Chief Bromden sees the outside world only through the fence, the Vietnamese see the world only through ten minutes of World News on television. Of course, these newsbriefs are just that and are well selected by the Communist party. The Communists rule the c ountry with their dictatorship. They can put anyone in prison if they believe that person is against the government. They do not need evidence for their beliefs. For example, one night the police came in my house and arrested my father because somebody heard that my father spoke unpleasantly about the Communist government. They put him in prison for two days to question him. Under their rule, we did not have individual rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of press, etc. People must either speak in favor of the government or else go to prison. We could not question the authorities, only do as we were told. Even now, Vietnamese writers either praise the Communist system or go to prison for writing against the government. Some writers, such as Nguyen Chi Thien and Vu Hoang Chuong, have been sentenced to 27 years in prison for that reason. The Communist government put these writers in prison to stop them from instigating a rebellion. About eight months ago, one of the ne wspaper publishers in Vietnam did a survey to find out who would be chosen the peoples favorite person from a list that included famous names from around the world. Out