Brief Summary Of Oppression Questions And Answers
Answer: The novel represents the psychiatric hospital as a metaphor for the oppression which Kessey observes in the modern society. I will agree that matriarchy is associated with castration. Kessey describes the fog machine as the powerless of the patient forced by the staff to stay hidden in their own individual fog. This is the same way the society has castrated the men (mostly black men) by making them remain in their fog. Castration to me is when men are deprived of their manly rights; when a man’s masculinity is threatened. Role of men in the society has gradually changed from being head of household/ bread winner to dependents. Women are now the bread winner which makes women feel like they have authority over men. The society keep men in the fog by giving them checks when they could go out there and work and make some money to take care of their family; this results into sitting around and waiting for government checks. Men resolves to committing crimes to make end means leading to jail time. This is a vicious cycle that has
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been going on in the society which leaves the women raising the kids by themselves and when these men are released from jail, they have no choice than to be powerless and submissive to the oppression of their female mates.
Answer: All the patients at the hospital are men because men are the most affected by the oppression and trick of control going on in America since the World War II.
Answer: Public Relation is trying to makes the place acceptable and attractive to the patient. Also to make them feel like they are better of being in the hospital than being out in the world.
Answer: When the attendant at the gas station notices the patient uniform is from the mental hospital, Dr. Spivey tries to protect them by lying that they are crew workers. The patients felt bad because they feel like lying about who they are further stigmatizes mental illness. Mcmurphy uses the social fear of mental illness to get them a free gas and then using the money to buy beer. He told the attendant that they are crazy psychopathic criminals going to SanQuentin prison. This incident makes the patient gain power and makes them realizes the importance of embracing who they
are.
Answer: Nurse Ratched ordered everyone to be cleaned up and in order to be cleaned up, they will line up naked in the shower room and the boys will do the cleaning. George Sorenson refuses to use soap and to bend over for a different cleaning treatment. Mcmurphy defends Sorenson and one of the boys named Washington punched mcmurphy and a fight ensued between the boys and Mcmurphy. Chief Bromden came to Mcmurphy’s aid and fought one of the boys.
Answer: Mcmurphy felt like a savior of the patients and getting a crown of thorn will make him look like Jesus Christ who was punished for saving others. And while he was in the shock room the patient believed in him more and he grew bigger among the patients. “She saw that McMurphy was growing bigger than ever while he was upstairs where the guys couldn’t see the dent she was making on him, growing almost into a legend” (251). Mcmurphy will not apologize because he does not want to give Nurse Ratched the control she so much wanted.
been going on in the society which leaves the women raising the kids by themselves and when these men are released from jail, they have no choice than to be powerless and submissive to the oppression of their female mates.
Answer: All the patients at the hospital are men because men are the most affected by the oppression and trick of control going on in America since the World War II.
Answer: Public Relation is trying to makes the place acceptable and attractive to the patient. Also to make them feel like they are better of being in the hospital than being out in the world.
Answer: When the attendant at the gas station notices the patient uniform is from the mental hospital, Dr. Spivey tries to protect them by lying that they are crew workers. The patients felt bad because they feel like lying about who they are further stigmatizes mental illness. Mcmurphy uses the social fear of mental illness to get them a free gas and then using the money to buy beer. He told the attendant that they are crazy psychopathic criminals going to SanQuentin prison. This incident makes the patient gain power and makes them realizes the importance of embracing who they
are.
Answer: Nurse Ratched ordered everyone to be cleaned up and in order to be cleaned up, they will line up naked in the shower room and the boys will do the cleaning. George Sorenson refuses to use soap and to bend over for a different cleaning treatment. Mcmurphy defends Sorenson and one of the boys named Washington punched mcmurphy and a fight ensued between the boys and Mcmurphy. Chief Bromden came to Mcmurphy’s aid and fought one of the boys.
Answer: Mcmurphy felt like a savior of the patients and getting a crown of thorn will make him look like Jesus Christ who was punished for saving others. And while he was in the shock room the patient believed in him more and he grew bigger among the patients. “She saw that McMurphy was growing bigger than ever while he was upstairs where the guys couldn’t see the dent she was making on him, growing almost into a legend” (251). Mcmurphy will not apologize because he does not want to give Nurse Ratched the control she so much wanted.