One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Passage Analysis

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An impactful message about the counterproductiveness of a rigid societal structure is made in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. In the passage on 240, Chief Bromden observes the uncanny similarity between people who are part of the “Combine” and their machine like tendencies. This continues an oft repeated theme present in the novel about the Combine’s ability to rob people of their individuality, and Kesey uses certain literary elements in the passage in order to further develop such a theme and to also develop character more intricately. One such literary element presented in the passage is the prevalent usage of imagery. Bromden describes the men getting off the train as having “...mirrored suits and machined hats” and calls