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Distorted Perceptions In Ken Kesey's Works
Ken Kesey’s greatest achievement in the novel is his ability to create images they can be understood as literal for the narrator has a figurative for the reader. Even the most obvious examples of Chiefs distorted perceptions such as The combine can function as sharp and suggestive metaphors for the machine dominate the world that the noel aims to expose. A further example of Kesey’s genius is his creation of a mind style that is very different and extremely accessible. While the reader immediately sees the oddity of Chief’s worldview we see no difficulties understanding what he’s talking about either when his use of the machine source domain is at its most dense.
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