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One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Summary: Discusses the novel One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey. Explores the emasculation of the men in the novel.
Why are you not in the kitchen making dinner? During the 20th century women were seen as the ones that stay home and make sure that the house is fine. The women do the laundry and clean while the men go to work. One thing that men will have no matter what is their masculinity, no matter how rich or poor they may be. Though it may be hard to do, women are capable of taking away the men's masculinity and their pride at the same time. Social Darwinism can be defined as survival of the fittest. The women that are able to control their men show that they are like wolves and their men are like rabbits. In the novel One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey, the patients on the ward have their manhood taken away by the dominant women in the book.
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This section contains 997 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |