Mo Zaky 9/8/2004 Ms. Fisk<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/> One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Summary: Randle McMurphy does not object to being transferred from jail to a mental institution because he thinks a mental institution will …showed first 75 words of 1030 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1030 total…the best way to do this, to get you to knuckle under, is to weaken you by getting' you where it hurts the worst.. it saps every bit of strength you got.'" (p.57) McMurphy points out both society's goal of conformity as well as the nurses' of the mental hospital's aspirations in this passage. To force them to conform as well as hit them where it hurts the most- to deny them their sexuality.