"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (Individual VS society)

"...With liberty and justice for all". All across the United States, these final words of the pledge of allegiance are uttered daily, but to what extent are they really meaningful? Should they really be saying, "...With liberty and justice for all that are willing to conform"? Ken Kesey's novel "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" is the by-product of many factors. Although there are many themes behind this novel, the key premise behind the novel …showed first 75 words of 1613 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1613 total…no longer look at society the same way, and thus the reader is left with two choices. They can become very skeptical and irate towards society, attempting to undermine it at every opportunity; this is a difficult battle. A more beneficial approach to make sure that they don't allow themselves to fall into the traps that society has created, as well as to never suppress another person's rights and freedoms. "We pledge allegiance- to ourselves."