Cuckoos Nest By Chuck Palahniuk: Literary Analysis

All books I read in English class this year all have something in common. After reading the foreword to Cuckoos Nest by Chuck Palahniuk, I was able to better connect these three pieces of literature. All these books take place in a society where there is some sort of rebel, follower, and the witness, but even more further there is also the person with the power and the people who have little to no power. To move up the “social ladder”- to go from powerless to powerful- is extremely hard and usually not up to the person themselves. Nurse Ratched, the old-money snobs and Willy’s employer have the power. Randle McMurphy, Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman are the rebels. Billy Bibbit, Daisy Fay Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson and Linda Loman are the followers.
He tries to attain power and climb up the social ladder, but even though he spends a lot of time at work and has been at the same job for decades he can't seem attain his dreams. His boss/company has the power and they don't care to see him succeed, instead they would rather fire him because they benefit more from that. In order to give his family money, he has to kill himself; therefore, he loses and destroys himself. All three of these characters rebelling against society and power, but all end up getting hurt from it. At the same time, all the people with power in these situations don't care to see the rebels succeed, they would rather benefit themselves and gain more power. The followers also face many consequences by being side by side with the rebels or even the powerful people. Billy Bibbit, Linda Loman, Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson are all in the stories to please the rebels or powerful people and he right by their sides. Billy idolizes McMurphy and follows him and that contents McMurphy, but it also becomes too much for Billy to handle and he ends up killing himself. Linda had been there side by side with Willy and has to live her life protecting him and leaving in fear of the things he will