Randle McMurphy: A reflection of Ken Kesey’s character Philosopher John Locke claimed that men are merely a product of their environment, and it is human nature to try to recreate their character, a construction of their environment, in their life 's work. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest, Ken Kesey uses his experience with psychoactive drugs and with asylum patients to write an elaborate novel in which he reflects his own character as recreates some of his life anecdotes in the process.
From a young age Kesey seemed to have a talent for writing, but his particular liberal point of view, that seemed to have a hippie and beat style often caused him to clash with his teachers and other authoritative figures. Being in Stanford University, Kessey clashed with the central director, Wallace Stegner and his team, who described him as being, “a threat to civilization and intellectualism
…show more content…
One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest, is merely one of the millions of pieces of art and literature that have reflected the thoughts and lives of their creators. Ken Kesey, the author, knew what it was to be rejected because of a powerful man´s personal opinion, he knew what it was to be a guinea pig for drug tests, in which those who conducted them had no interest whatsoever on your wellbeing. Finally, he was also able to understand what it felt like to be cataloged as insane for simply being an outcast who did not agree with the postulates imposed by society. All of these experiences, which forged Kesey’s character, are reflected in the novel and the characters that form a part of it(especially McMurphy), and it is through this novel, that like many writers, Kesey was able to show his profound disagreement with the American Asylum Association, and with how society ostracized those who were different and consumed them in confinement by falsely tagging them as