One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is a fictional novel written by Ken Kesey. It is based in an insane asylum in Oregon around the late 1950’s. The asylum serves many purposes throughout the story and also symbolizes as a safe zone for the patients from the outside world. The half-indian narrator, Chief Bromden, comes from a dysfunctional family where the woman dominates man and greed overcomes love. This imbalance in nature creates confusion within Chief’s mind. For the duration of the story, the narrator undergoes change that helps him identify himself and to overcome the fear built up throughout the years.
The novel takes place in an autocratic ward ran by a sadistic Nurse Ratched, of which whom served time in the army as a nurse. This book was published towards the end of the women's rights era, going into a stable and equal opportunity era introducing the setting of the book. The ward is …show more content…
He is a patient who pretends to be deaf as an advantage to listen to the secrets of the other patients and undergoes delusions and hallucinations. Which is ironic because he serves as the eyes and ears throughout the story. The institution is ran by a manipulative nurse whom is known as Nurse Ratched. She is portrayed as the antagonist and performs countless surgeries on the patients to ensure obedience and causes fear within the ward. Randle McMurphy symbolizes hope, and helps the patients realize their own abilities. He is able to belittle Nurse Ratched and minimize the fear the patients have of her. Billy Bibbit is the son of one of the nurses, and lives in his own fear and shame of himself. As a result of one of McMurphy’s scheme, Bibbit kills himself. Although his character played no significant role throughout the story, his death foreshadows McMurphy’s final confrontation with Nurse
The novel takes place in an autocratic ward ran by a sadistic Nurse Ratched, of which whom served time in the army as a nurse. This book was published towards the end of the women's rights era, going into a stable and equal opportunity era introducing the setting of the book. The ward is …show more content…
He is a patient who pretends to be deaf as an advantage to listen to the secrets of the other patients and undergoes delusions and hallucinations. Which is ironic because he serves as the eyes and ears throughout the story. The institution is ran by a manipulative nurse whom is known as Nurse Ratched. She is portrayed as the antagonist and performs countless surgeries on the patients to ensure obedience and causes fear within the ward. Randle McMurphy symbolizes hope, and helps the patients realize their own abilities. He is able to belittle Nurse Ratched and minimize the fear the patients have of her. Billy Bibbit is the son of one of the nurses, and lives in his own fear and shame of himself. As a result of one of McMurphy’s scheme, Bibbit kills himself. Although his character played no significant role throughout the story, his death foreshadows McMurphy’s final confrontation with Nurse