It's society's way of dealing with someone different. If that don’t beat all, conned ol’ R. P. McMurphy,’…Well I don’t mean nothing personal, you understand, buddies, but screw that noise. I wasn't even really me then; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted. No relatives pulling at him with watery old eyes. ASK OUR MANAGER TO FIND A BETTER QUOTE OR IT'S PAGE NUMBER. Take what you can use and let the rest go by. Your support helps us continue to discover and share incredible kids books! We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. When you purchase books using links on our website, Bookroo or its affiliates may receive a small commission (at no added cost to you). (including. Would it?”, “All I know is this: nobody’s very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.”, “He Who Marches Out Of Step Hears Another Drum”, “I let the mop push me back to the wall and smile and try to foul her equipment up as much as possible by not letting her see my eyes --they can’t tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed.”, “First Charles Cheswick and now William Bibbit! To Vik Lovell who told me dragons did not exist, then led me to their lairs ... His whole body shakes with the strain as he tries to lift something he knows he can't lift, something everybody knows he can't lift.But, for just a second, when we hear the cement grind at our feet, we think, by golly, he might do it. I said, ‘Why, those slippery bastards have conned me, snowed me into holding their bag. They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed. Billy Bibbit feels emasculated because of his mother’s hold on him and the fact that he had never been with a woman until he has sex with Candy, the prostitute. Then I just happened to find out about the way the nurses have the big say as to who gets discharged and who doesn’t. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. When McMurphy arrives at the ward, he immediately identifies emasculation is the core of Nurse Ratched’s strategy of control, and notes after the first group session that she is a “ball-breaker.” Nurse Ratched and McMurphy, then, operate in direct opposition of one another throughout the novel: Ratched the emasculating force, McMurphy the hyper-masculine force, bragging about his many sexual conquests and challenging the other men to show some balls. These two opposing forces render him helpless until McMurphy comes along. The houses looked so much alike that, time and time again, the kids went home by mistake to different houses and different families. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted. You must burry on? They’re nuts. A mighty awesome sight. A man goin' fishing with two whores from Portland don't have to take that crap. Hitler an example. But it's the truth even if it didn't happen. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. He’s what he is, that’s it. Our, LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in, Compare and contrast themes from other texts to this theme…, The ThemeTracker below shows where, and to what degree, the theme of Emasculation and Sexuality appears in each chapter of. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. He knows that there's no better way in the world to aggravate somebody who's trying to make it hard for you than by acting like you're not bothered. He keeps trying to drag us out of the fog, out in the open where we’d be easy to get at”, “What the Chronics are—or most of us—are machines with flaws inside that can’t be repaired, flaws born in, or flaws beat in over so many years of the guy running head-on into solid things that by the time the hospital found him he was bleeding rust in some vacant lot.”, “I guess if she can’t cut below the belt she’ll do it above the eyes.”, “And we’re all sitting there lined up in front of that blanked-out TV set, watching the gray screen just like we could see the baseball game clear as day, and she’s ranting and screaming behind us. -Graham S. Below you will find the important quotes in, “Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. Like a cartoon world, where the figures are flat and outlined in black, jerking through some kind of goofy story that might be real funny if it weren't for the cartoon figures being real guys... More was revealed in a human face than a human being can bear face to face. But usually a couple of the flock gets spotted in the fracas, then it’s their turn. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class.”, LitCharts uses cookies to personalize our services. Billy Bibbit feels emasculated because of his mother’s hold on him and the fact that he had never been with a woman until he has sex with Candy, the prostitute. No? I haven't heard a real laugh since I came through that door, do you know that? I don't think you fully understand the public, my friend; in this country, when something is out of order, then the quickest way to get it fixed is the best way. All you could do was keep on whipping it, till you couldn't come out anymore and somebody else had to take your place. He most certainly doesn’t challenge the wolf to combat. That’s what McMurphy can’t understand, us wanting to be safe. It shows the men that Ratched is not some impersonal avenging force, she's a woman, and that the men, by extension, are men, who traditionally are the powerful ones. Would you like me to decipher a Rorschach for you? He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy. While Kesey draws a strong correlative between emasculation and lack of freedom on the ward; emasculation is also intertwined with social pressures—most of the men arrive at the ward already emasculated, and this is in fact the root cause for why many elect to be committed in the first place. It don't seem like I ever have been me. You know, that's the first thing that got me about this place, that there wasn’t anybody laughing. I know why, now: as bad as it is, you can slip back in it and feel safe. ”, “His whole body shakes with the strain as he tries to lift something he knows he can’t lift, something everybody knows he can’t lift. I was only sure of one thing: [McMurphy] wouldn’t have left something like that sit there in the day room with his name tacked on it for twenty or thirty years so the Big Nurse could use it as an example of what can happen if you buck the system. Pity.” He turned to McMurphy. What the Chronics are - or most of us - are machines with flaws inside that can't be repaired, flaws born in, or flaws beat in over so many years of the guy running head-on into solid things that by the time the hospital found him he was bleeding rust in some vacant lot. She couldn’t rule with her old power any more, not by writing things on pieces of paper. The best quotes from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey - organized by theme, including book location and character - with an explanation to help you understand! But it's the truth even if it didn't happen. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. I lay in bed the night before the fishing trip and thought it over, about my being deaf, about the years of not letting on I heard what was said, and I wonder if I can ever act any other way again. But, for just a second, when we hear the cement grind at our feet, we think, by golly, he might do it”, “Anointest my head with conductant. Struggling with distance learning? To hell with that. 128. GET HELP. The only way to prevent it—with chickens—is to clip blinders on them. But, please. Then—as he was talking—a set of tail-lights going past lit up McMurphy's face, and the windshield reflected an expression that was allowed only because he figured it'd be too dark for anybody in the car to see, dreadfully tired and strained and frantic, like there wasn't enough time left for something he had to do... You get your visions through whatever gate you're granted. We must learn to accept it as a law of the natural world. Mrs. Bibbit gains her power by preventing Billy, from becoming an adult. Maybe that makes him strong enough, being what he is. I hope you’re finally satisfied. Detailed quotes explanations with page numbers for every important quote on the site. I haven’t heard a real laugh since I came through that door, do you know that? If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite. All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down. A man go around lettin’ a woman whup him up and down till he can’t laugh any more, and he loses one of the biggest edges he’s got on his side. He's got hands so long and white and dainty I think they carved each other out of soap, and sometimes they get loose and glide around in front of him free as two white birds until he notices them and traps them between his knees; it bothers him that he's got pretty hands. Because his mother and Nurse Ratched are friends, and because Billy is a momma’s boy, the Big Nurse has a special power over him. But he won’t let the pain blot out the humor no more’n he’ll let the humor blot out the pain. I’d think he was strong enough being his own self that he would never back down the way she was hoping he would. But the rest are even scared to open up and laugh. I tried to talk to [McMurphy] into playing along with [Nurse Ratched] so’s to get out of the treatments, but he just laughed and told me Hell, all they was doin’ was chargin’ his battery for him, free for nothing. That ain't me, that ain't my face. She tried to get her ward back into shape, but it was difficult with McMurphy’s presence still tromping up and down the halls and laughing out loud in the meetings and singing in the latrines. I was sure of that. But I remembered one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all. You gripe, you bitch for weeks on end about how you can’t stand this place, can’t stand the nurse or anything about her, and all the time you ain’t committed. Billy Bibbit: A nervous, shy, and boyish patient with an extreme speech impediment, Billy cuts and burns himself, and has attempted suicide numerous times. You know, that's the first thing that got me about this place, that there wasn't anybody laughing. What do you think you are, for Chrissake, crazy or somethin'? Shame.' Food for thought there.”, “No wife wanting new linoleum. Maybe that makes him strong enough, being what he is. No, my friend. I'd take a look at my own self in the mirror and wonder how it was possible that anybody could manage such an enormous thing as being what he was. I couldn’t figure it at first, why you guys were coming to me like I was some kind of savior. “Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. But you, you’re not exactly the everyday man on the street, but you’re not nuts. You seem to forget, Miss Flinn, that this is an institution for the insane. There was times that week when I’d hear that full-throttled laugh, watch [McMurphy] scratching his belly and stretching and yawning and leaning back to wink at whoever he was joking with, everything coming to him just as natural as drawing breath, and I’d quit worrying about the Big Nurse and the Combine behind her.
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