The notion that society's influential pressures compel individuals to conform, forcing them to supress their individuality is explored by Ken Kesey, in the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. ... Kesey contrasts the characters of Chief Bromden and Randall McMurphy to achieve this. ... McMurphy's appearance is one aspect of his character, he has "red[hair] with long red sideburns". ... Decisively, Kesey shows that setting can restore an individual's own sense of freedom and safety, and that without the boundaries that society creates an individual is able to exp...

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