What Is The Theme In One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Before the existence of language, life stories were painted upon the walls of tombs, engraved in stone tablets, written in ancient pyramids and found among constellations and beneath the vast oceans. From the beginning of time, literature has had an intimate connection with life; it serves as a reflection of our beliefs, traditions and cultures of a specific time or place. All forms of literature (whether it be poetry or prose) cultivate wonders, embody thoughts and manifest life. In actuality, what literature is really about is the experience of life: its rich lived experience, its fundamental injustices, or both. The poem Restless by Cecilia Borromeo speaks of the craving to experience a life full of richness whilst Ken Keseys’ novel One Flew over the Cuckoos’ nest, written in 1962, addresses both fundamental injustices and the exhilaration that is felt when one experiences the glorious taste of life filled with the fullness of freedom, expression and sexuality. Freedom is utmost element of life that makes it rich; it is spoken about in literature whether it is being experienced or longed for. In One Flew over the Cuckoos’ Nest, Ken Kesey describes a rigid lady named Miss Ratched. With her cold attitude combined with her passion for rules, regulation and routine, she runs the
Addtionally, the men taste the experience of a rich life filled with freedom of expression and sexuality through the means of McMurphy. Likewise, the poem by ____ Restless talks of the longing that she feels to escape her mundane life and experience a rich one. That is what literature is: the experience of life; without literature, there would be no life and without life, there would be no