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one flew over the cuckoo's nest BOOK
okay for english were now starting our research paper and i was on vacation the day they choose the topics, so i was obviously last pick and i didn't get the best topic, well i got "view of sanity/insanity in one flew over the cuckoo's nest" i have brainstormed for hours and i can't seem to get anything done, someone please help
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It's a really big thing in the book.
Ken Kesey believes in anti-psychiatry.
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"Michel Foucault, Erving Goffman, Deleuze and Guatarri, and others criticized the power and role of psychiatry in society, including the use of "total institutions", "labeling" and stigmatizing. <b>Foucault argued that the concepts of sanity and insanity were social constructs that did not reflect quantifiable patterns of human behavior, and which, rather, were indicative only of the power of the "sane" over the "insane".</b> The novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest became a bestseller, resonating with public concern about involuntary medication, lobotomy and electroshock procedures used to control patients."
Here's the most important part of that:
"Foucault argued that the concepts of sanity and insanity were social constructs that did not reflect quantifiable patterns of human behavior, and which, rather, were indicative only of the power of the "sane" over the "insane"."
Just think about how Kesey presents the mental institution as a body with no legitimacy or proper right to rule. Think about how certain people are branded "insane" even though nothing seems to be that wrong with them; they just had a bad experience in life. Many were probably fine until they were actually told they were insane and put in a mental ward, and then they began deteriorating. You'll come up with plenty to write about.
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