| �One flew Over the Cuckoo�s Nest�
~ Ken Kesey �Keep on Trucking�: don�t give up, keep developing your potential �What does America mean?� nagged at Kesey when he wrote this book and �Sometimes a Great Notion� Search for America THOMAS WOLFE � brilliant author TIMOTHY LEARY � chemistry professor discovers LSD THOMAS WOLFE �Electric Acid Koolaid Test� These three men and Ken Kesey go on a �trip� all over most of the USA to discover America. Ken Kesey was an intellect who asked a question and was never satisfied with the answer. He was influenced by political events at the time: Vietnam Wars � Believed that governments could never be trusted Machine � Was a metaphor for government power �Dallas, got a soft drink machine� o Illusion to W. Burrows �The Soft Machine� o There is a loss in soft culture by overwhelming government control (fads, soft freedoms, etc) Kesey sees �the Machine� as a cold and calculating government force, represented through government institutions (ex: schools) Kesey uses the mental hospital as a reflection of government institutions � Individual is more important than the group � We would do everything to develop individuality, so that the freedom of thought will in time become a solution to problems � Kesey sees the government using CONFORMITY as a weapon |
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