Examples Of Individualism In One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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Eyad Eid Mrs. Pompilio & Mrs. Byers Contemporary Literature September 30, 2014 "Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." – (John F. Kennedy) Society's standards and rules make individuals have a great fear of judgement and what will be critiqued about him/her. Society will always have a difficult time accepting individualism, and every individual should follow society’s standards and “rules” to not be deemed an outcast or even mentally unstable. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, McMurphy’s individualism sent him to a mental institute, and although McMurphy had aggressive behavior, it can surely be judged reasonable because his actions had to be considered mad in order to help the patients in the mental institute.…show more content…
Also, society views these behaviors not normal, but Emily Dickinson wrote, “Much madness is Divinest sense..To a discerning Eye”, and this suggests that to someone with good judgment, madness is the greatest of “senses”. Many believe that Dickinson wrote this poem to show her thoughts about how society is ran. In Dickinson's eyes, the one's who are considered to have “madness” are the most sane, and the ones who are considered to be “sane” have the most madness. Dickinson’s poem teaches the reader that what appears as madness to one person may not to
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