Through Bromden's description of Nurse Ratched, Kesey utilizes machine imagery to demonstrate her power, authorities, and further emphasizes her difference when compared to other women. As Bromden was mopping the floor, he carefully observed Nurse Ratched walking into her office, “she’s carrying her woven wicker bag...bag shaped of a toolbox with a hemp handel”(4). Unlike other women whose bags contains “compact or lipstick or women stuff”(4), “she’s got that bag full of a thousand parts she aims to use in her duties today”(4). Her toolbox shaped bag symbolises that Nurse Ratched is different, she is unlike other women because at that time, women were powerless compared to men. However, Nurse Ratched is the most powerful person in the Ward,
