Psychological Analysis Of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Looking at “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey, through a Freudian lens provides the reader with a new perspective on the characters in the novel. Ego, superego, and Id are shown multiple times with different characters throughout the novel. Everyone has a little bit of Ego, Superego, and Id in them and that is proven various times in the novel; from when McMurphy used Bromden for money, to Bromden hiding inside his metaphorical fog all the time, to Nurse Ratched's strong desire for order and power.
The Id is the primitive and instinctive component of personality. It is the impulsive and unconscious part of our psyche which responds directly and immediately to the instincts. McMurphy provides a strong example of how Id is shown