I’m not much of a essay type of guy. Writing this essay therefore was a done solely for the reason it needed to be done. Then again who enjoys writing essays when they could be doing something else? The topic I chose for my research paper was the social cultural background of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The only thing that I some what enjoy about research essays is the fact that I do learn something from the experience; and I learned a nice bit from the research I done! The book was Kesey's way to get his message across that he wasn't for the feminist movement after the war in the 50s. The book acted as a way to show people that if we gave equal rights to women things like what happened in the novel could very well happen in society. Nurse Ratched the head of the ward as you might have learned through my earlier posts on this book was an emasculating feminist force in charge of everything that happened in the ward including all the male patients. It showed the readers that women if given the power could use it for evil. Personally I believe in equal rights, just because we give women the right to do the same thing as men doesn’t mean that they would use their rights in vain! I just think that at this time the thought of losing the power that everyone was so accustom to would feel like being emasculated! Looking at society now it’s quite crazy to think about how much we have progressed from even 60 years ago! What do you think?
I have to say I did love reading this book this semester. I loved the character of Randle P. McMurphy and the story line. One you started reading you just couldn't stop reading because the book was funny and interesting at times. Althogh I do not agree with Ken Kesey's message that was intended with this novel. Women deserved equal rights and I agree with you in saying that just because women are given equal rights does not mean they will use them in vain. I think this will make for a great research topic!
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