Satirical texts are aimed to make us think more than laugh Satirical texts are a very good way of writers to explore and convey their thoughts while entertaining the reader. Although humour has a very major part in many satirical texts‚ the main purpose of most is to give opinions and perspective on society and provoke thoughts about human‚ as evident in the novel One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The author‚ Ken Kesey‚ conveys his ideas through the satirising and portraying certain aspects and figures
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Ken Kesey was an interesting man who grew up and lived throughout the World War II; which‚ lasted from 1939 – 1941. He also lived‚ for the majority of his life‚ through the Cold War; which‚ lasted from 1946 - 1991. He witnessed the acts against freedom and segregation going on in the United States‚ and also the repercussions of Hitler’s rein. Kesey took part in some government studies that altered his mind‚ maybe for good‚ or just for the moments while under the influence. All of these events
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within the group. McMurphy realizes that if he exposes Nurse Ratched’s gender to the patients at the ward‚ she will become evidently powerless in their new eyes. McMurphy approaches this plan by pointing out her female assets in front of the men. Bromden explains that Nurse Ratched "would reprimand him without heat at all‚ and he would stand and listen till she was finished and then destroy her whole effect by asking something like did she wear a B cup‚ he wondered‚ or a C cup‚ or any cup at all?"(177)
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The novel is told by Chief Bromden’s point of view which is an exceptionally observant method‚ considering the reader’s perspective of the book. His character is a 6’7‚ half Indian‚ paranoid schizophrenic that does not talk to anyone in the Oregon psychiatric hospital. The patients
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Ken Kesey’s use of symbolism in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest transforms the novel and the hospital within the novel a microcosm of society‚ a battle between the sane and insane‚ the conformist and the non-conformist. Randle McMurphy’s arrival influenced the lives of almost every person‚ whether patient or employee. Whether or not his motives and actions were moral or good-hearted is difficult to conclude‚ however. On one hand‚ he undoubtedly saved the patients from losing their souls‚ so to
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Ratched (Bug Nurse) manipulates the patients and faculty to control them so she has all the power. As the book starts‚ we are immediately brought into this mental ward in the eyes of Chief Bromden. As he walks down the hall‚ and the aids insult him because he is dumb and deaf. However‚ little do they know that Chief is the exact opposite. As they continue to speak as if he weren’t there and hand him the broom‚ "They laugh…[it is a] Hum of black machinery‚ humming the hate and death and other hospital
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Dear student The open book exam forms the first part of the assessment for NURS2097 Mental Health 2 and will equate to 20% of your overall assessment. It is an open book exam so you MUST read and reference every answer. No reference citation will be awarded 0 marks. Please make sure you have good in text APA style referencing as well as an end text reference list of all resources used. Make sure you have a cover sheet with your name and address on this paper. This assessment requires you
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ward as mechanically and robotic-ally calculated as she can so all her patients will stay sick‚ immasculized‚ in her clutches and best of all not fight back. One method of her manipulation techniques is her smile. According to the protagonist Chief Bromden‚ Miss Ratched stretches her smile into whatever expression/attitude fits the situation shes using it for‚ “So she really lets herself go and her painted smile twists‚ stretches to an open snarl‚ and she blows up bigger and bigger‚ big as a tractor
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Cuckoo’s Nest Quote Qs 1- Other Big Nurse‚ or Nurse Ratched in Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest is introduced as a very bossy and meticulous figure. Bromden is a patient at the ward and also narrator of the story‚ always describing the Nurse’s personality‚ looks‚ and actions. In one passage‚ Bromden describes how he always sees her with figurative language; “I see her sit in the center of this web of wires like a watchful robot‚ tend her network with mechanical insect skill‚ know
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cuckoos nest paper Alex Lola D band Willett Don’t stand back‚ fight back; symbols of power‚ oppression‚ and resistance in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey is a novel about a man by the name of Randle McMurphy‚ who‚ when sent to a mental ward‚ challenge all the authority within it and forces the other patients to take a deeper look at the way they are being treated at the ward. This novel is one which brings to light the unfair authority which not
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