One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Symbols
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Kesey's brilliant work in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is the
by-product of many factors. Kesey uses the setting of the story as his most
powerful weapon in establishing his viewpoints. At first, one might
consider the story to simply be a fine piece of contemporary fiction, but
in reality it i ....
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.... Kesey uses the environment
of the mental asylum to demonstrate just how hypocritical society can be.
As aforementioned, Kesey utilizes many symbols that represent
elements in the real world. The very fact that the story takes place in a
mental asylum is in itself a commentary on society. In the asylum, it
becomes highly evident that a great deal of oppression takes place.
Although a considerable amount of abuse is in the physical form, most of it
manifests itself in subtle psychological to ....
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