One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Silence Vs Oppression

In a letter from Birmingham jail, Martin Luther King wrote these famous words to encourage protesters to fight oppression. “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.” These words carried a significant meaning to people around the world, especially to the millions oppressed because their inability to speak up and take matters into their own hands. Audre Lorde, the author of “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action,” reveals to the readers of a woman named Winnie Mandela. Through Mandela, Lorde is able to demonstrate that silence will only continue oppression, and oppression can only be stopped if the oppressed speaks up for themselves. Lorde’s argument of oppression through silence relates to Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by portraying the ideas of tyranny and freedom, which is also supported by my own portrayal of silence in the face of an oppressor.
“Some of us have b-been here for fi-fi-five years, Randle,” Billy says.” (106). The quote reveals the fear that lingers in the hearts of patients like Billy Bibbit. Bibbit does desire some changes for himself and the others, but fears the retribution from the nurse in order to carry out his actions. That fear drives Bibbit into silence, along with most of the patients, to sit still and stay silent despite the oppression. Similar to Mandela in Lorde’s article, people often watch injustice and oppression happen before their very own eyes. However, many people choose to sit in silence, as if they are waiting for someone to rescue them from their persecution. In One