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This 3 page paper discusses the theme of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in regard to modern society. Examples/quotes given from text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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comfortable with its leaders, and quits questioning the methods, motivations, and processes of society. Kesey seems to be urging society to not give up so much power that the average
citizens voice is not heard, in effect lobotomizing society into mindless, numbed, conformists. Quite clearly, McMurphy is shown to be both hero and louse, in a unique combination of light
and dark, yet in the end, despite his dichotomy, the reader is glad to see Nurse Rached lose power (temporarily) and saddened that McMurphys voice is silenced in her effort
to regain control. The ward, itself, becomes a living metaphor for the suppressive and oppressive sentiments that existed during the 1960s in America. While the outside world seemed
to value freedom and personal rights, the metaphor of the ward seems to suggest that freedom only comes at the cost of conformity, at the loss of personal expression and
personal beliefs. Though this is a major theme, if the book only presented this anti-establishment theme, it would never have
had the complexity and depth which earned it numerous awards. Instead, Kesey also raises some interesting questions about insanity and explores the question of where sanity ends and madness
begins. In an almost philosophical way he compels the reader to examine the amount of control that is mindlessly given over to the government and other institutions. He may be
saying that this is the greatest insanity of them all, to give up ones freedom to think and dream. Of course, one must realize in the final analysis of these
fictional characters that it is generally accepted that the patients in the novel were more symbolic figures for certain kinds of repressed freedoms during the 60s and 70s, and not
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