grain crop in one operation‚” or a machine that cuts and levels out that which it consumes. Society is like a combine in that it restrains‚ manipulates‚ and obliterates anyone who tries to stand up against it. Through his recount of the story of McMurphy and the other patients in the ward‚ Bromden shows that the Combine is able to control the patients by generating fear of authority and punishment in them‚ manipulating them by toying with these fears‚ and shutting down anyone who shows resistance
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In the book‚ “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ the main character‚ Chief Broom‚ is talking about the blacks orderlies are hateful and think that he can’t hear. As he is mopping the floors in the asylum‚ he comes in contact with a lady they call “Big Nurse”. You really never know how she is going to react at any moment‚ but when she does it’s not going to be good. Whenever the author talks about how Chief is in the closet hiding from the orderlies and thinking back on when him and his father went
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requirement. They chose to play a certain role‚ so that they would get no closer to punishable treatment. The patients eventually manipulate the ward under the illusion of their mental illnesses. But it wasn’t until the arrival of the protagonist Randal McMurphy. The mental hospital was at a stagnant state before his appearance. He came into the ward so open and confident with his state of mind. It inspired the patients and competed with Ratched’s control. The fog machine during the group meetings is another
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one he used to shield himself from other people and from reality. When McMurphy argues with Big Nurse about watching the World Series‚ the fog rolls in heavy and surrounds Bromden‚ but one of the things he sees in the fog is his father‚ who he tends to associate with nature because his childhood was surrounded by the natural world. After this‚ Chief continues through a dream-sequence with the fog all around‚ but when McMurphy calls for a vote‚ he manages to push through the fog and raise his hand
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Evaluation A feminist lens best fits this novel because of the main conflict of power between Nurse Ratched and Randle McMurphy. Throughout the novel‚ Nurse Ratched tries to exclude the patients from the outside world and strips them of their individuality and their freedoms. The gender roles in this novel are reversed‚ with the women as the strong and powerful and who are the ones in charge‚ while the men are the weak and helpless who fear the women in charge. As patient Harding said‚ “We are the
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Comparison of two texts‚ “One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “To Kill a Mocking Bird” | How do the authors of To Kill a Mockingbird and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest use literary techniques to explore the concepts of isolation? Isolation and courage in the form of racism and discrimination is an analogous concept explored in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird and Ken Kesey’s novel One flew over the cuckoo’s nest. The authors exemplify the conflicts of isolation displayed by the
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the fog is being lifted now; thereby‚ allowing him to come out of hiding and appreciate natural beauty (pg. 162). He manages to say‚ “thank you” (pg. 217) to McMurphy after he offers him gum‚ thereby conveying the message that he is gaining confidence in himself. The Chief having acquired full potential and strength‚ with the help of McMurphy manages to break through the wall and escape into freedom (pg. 324). All these instances just prove that he was never mentally ill. The hospital’s environment
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themes‚ and the motif of laughter. The situational irony for Chief Bromden in the beginning portrays his initial way of going about in the mental hospital. Chief Bromden is the largest man in the building‚ and yet he has the least amount of power. McMurphy comments on the way that Nurse Ratched seems to cut off power from the patients. He relates her to the “people who try to make you weak so they can get you to toe the line‚ to follow their rules‚ to live like they want you to” (Kesey 57). This
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Ken Kesey was born on September 17th‚ 1935 in La Junta‚ Colorado. While he was in a fellowship to Stanford ’s Writing Program he worked at a Californian Veterans ’ Administration hospital in the psychiatric ward as a night guard ("KnowledgeNotes Study Guide"‚ par. 1). Kesey ’s first published book was One Flew Over the Cuckoo ’s Nest‚ which was published in 1962. Many of the experiences Kesey endured while working at the hospital were inspirations for the book ("KnowledgeNotes Study Guide"‚ par.
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Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is considered one of the seminal works of 1960’s American literature. The unique components and distinctive features used to portray themes and ideas of Kesey’s in the novel which account for its high regard include: characters and language devices. Individuality is a key concept that constantly features in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest through themes such as individuality and free expression and society’s destruction of individuality. This idea was important
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