One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest And The Scarlet Letter: To Live With Fear
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To live with fear and not be overcome by it is the final test of
maturity. This test has been "taken" by various literary characters. Chief
Bromden in Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and Reverend Arthur
Dimmesdale in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter both appear to have taken and
passed ....
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.... Later on he admitted that it was he who raised it. He
even talked to McMurphy one night, and began laughing at the situation at
hand. One day when McMurphy and the Chief tried to help another patient
who was being taken advantage of by orderlies, they were caught and
sentenced to electro-shock therapy (EST). The Chi usually blacked out in a
fog when confronted with problems; however, this time (he had endured over
200 EST sessions previously) he did not. However, McMurphy was
deteriora ....
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