Over the span of humanity humans have always been divided by opinion. These views are what grouped between the popular, and sometimes the easier choice, versus the lesser view. Usually urging the others to follow the greater supported choice. How does such a sway of opinion switch from person to person, happen right before the beholders eyes? The novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, presents a strong portrayal of society’s desire to force conformity upon individuals, as represented by McMurphy and the inmates who struggle against the Big Nurse and the public, with their ruthless methods of discrimination, punishment, and emasculation.
The minority within the novel, much like that of the minority of the real world, gives a real look into …show more content…
Such as Bromden’s Mother who stripped away Bromden's figurehead, his Father. To begin with, Bromden’s father was once a strong male: “Everybody worked on him because he was big, and wouldn’t give in, and did like he pleased” (Kesey 220). Until, Bromden father found Bromden’s mother which drastically changed the man, for example, taking on his mother's name which represents a deeper meaning: “And when a town women marries an Indian that’s marrying’ somebody beneath her, ain’t it?” (Kesey 220). Henceforth, Bromden’s Mother pulled his father down emotionally to the point of being a weak lifeless man: “And the last I see him he’s blind in the cedars from drinking and overtime I see him out the bottle to his mouth he don’t suck out of it, it sucks out of him…” (Kesey 221). Comparatively Billy’s mother would also deteriorate Billy’s masculinity. As quoted from Novels for Students: “His mother still treats him as a child, even though he is over thirty years old, and he has problems dealing with women.” (Telgen 221). Also the Big Nurse uses this preexisting weakness to build her control of Billy, for instance a quote from Novels for Students: “A weak mama's boy who is totally under Big Nurse's thumb.” (Telgen 221). Likewise, the nurse has a constant reference to Billy’s mother to keep him feeling like a child: “…I would like to believe something else—for your mother’s sake.” (Kesey 315). Correspondingly, the nurse and institution are referenced many times to be castrating the men both literally and metaphorically. ***“No, that nurse ain’t some kinda monster chicken, buddy, what she is is a ball-cutter.” (Kesey 60). To point out, Bromden even notes how the institution would eventually castrate a man emotionally over time when bringing up a story of an inmate: “Old Rawler.