Art Fuels Me

Kesey uses some important literary devices to characterize the novel. One of the literary devices Kesey used with Dr. Spivey was the theme of women castrating men. Nurse Ratched figuratively castrates the Doctor by controlling him and playing on his insecurities and fears. Kesey uses mechanical imagery to represent modern society. This is used specifically with the doctor because like the other patients at the hospital, Dr. Spivey was also turned into a machine by Nurse Ratched. Group therapy was also an important factor in the novel. Group therapy is important because it provides an important event in the story that greatly influences the climax of the story. The Doctor’s theory is that McMurphy’s loathing of his mother must have transferred to Nurse Ratched, who holds a mother-like position as ward nurse. This affects the Doctor because he brings light to something McMurphy probably never admitted to himself and he definitely didn’t want the other inmates to know it either.

Self Eval (EDIT)

Today we had Group Therapy and I was Doctor Spivey. I remained true to the shyness and fearfulness of Dr. Spivey, yet still answered the questions to the best of my ability. I was very good at answering the questions, though my answers could have been more in depth. I would say I was a 7 out of 10. 

Well, I think the reason Kesey decided to use Chief as the Narrator is because he is quite all the time so he gets to see and hear things other people don’t in the story. It really influences the story because  I was able to get a very clear view, though a little crazy, of the mental institution and how being in one in the ‘50’s had to be incredibly depressing and must have seriously decided a lot of creative talents. 

Cuckoo’s Nest takes place at the end of the 1950’s. I think Kesey chose this time period because it was a time when differences made people looked down upon and often times hated. Racism was also still strong in the 1950’s and that helped create some of Nurse Ratched’s control mechanisms. Also, the art in this time period was quite interesting and made it seem like the U.S. was only made up of skinny buxom women and shard business like men who always wore suits, and all were Caucasian. Even the art of this era was racist. Not to mention quite sexist.

I find that Nurse Ratched is a very controlling person. Being an artist, controlling people are never good for creativity. This woman-robot stifles all the patients in Cuckoo’s Nest to the point that they are afraid to live on the outside. She is so controlling and cold that she even tries to hide her femininity, even though she has a huge chest. Nurse Ratched has some serious issues and should probably be a patient instead of a nurse.

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Art always does :3