Essay on Biography Of Author

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Biography of Author

Ken Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado but his family later moved in Springfield, Oregon, where he attended public schools, and later the University of Oregon at Eugene. He has received the Woodrow Wilson scholarship to Stanford University, a Saxton Fellowship, and won the Fred Lowe Scholarship awarded to the outstanding wrestler in the northwest. Mr. Kesey was king of the Merry Pranksters, a group which traveled the West Coast staging happenings. As a leader of the group, Mr. Kesey appeared as subject and star in the best seller, The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, by Tom Rolfe.

Literary Components

The story takes place in a mental hospital out in the country, somewhere in the northern Oregon area. The time period is the early nineteen sixties. The story is set in a dreary mental institution where life tends to drag on. The patients tend to live in fear of the big nurse, until Mcmurphy is committed to the ward and he brings much humor and adventure to the hospital.
The plot of the story is trying to get the best of Nurse Ratched by antagonizing her and going against the rules. Using these tactics, they gained will power and right to their freedom. The theme of the story is standing up for what you believe in, no matter what the consequence might be. This theme is demonstrated, when McMurphy is sent for electro-shock therapy on account of being caught with having alcohol and women in the ward and having a party.
Randle McMurphy is the leade

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