Ultimately, Ken Kesey's portrayal of women in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest represents authoritative figures that are able to manipulate the patients on the ward and employ complete control through their devious schemes. ... They were all shouting to outdo one another, going further and further, no way of stopping, telling things that wouldn't ever let them look one another in the eye again. ... Despite her position as a nurse, Ratched is not an overly feminine one rather she is the opposite. ... Another oppressive female character presented within the novel is Billy Bibbit&#...

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In two of early America's greatest works, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest, readers are exposed to the vision of two great authors of the 18th and 19th centuries and while it is possible for one to simply read and enjoy the plot of these stories, it is impossible to overlook the similarities in their greater thematic issues. ... All of the main characters are radicals of sort whose desires to rebel and remain primitive have transformed into a righteous heroism. ... The main characters, Huck and Jim, are always on t...

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