One Flew Over the Cuckoo nest: Quote 5

“She walked right on past, ignoring him just like she chose to ignore the way nature had tagged her with those outsized badges of femininity, just like she was above him, and sex, and everything else that’s weak and of the flesh.” P151

One of the most critical point of this novel is its building up of women and their power. All of the patients in the hospital are male, and only a select few of the attendants are male. Most of the women have control and power of every situation to do with the hospital. Even Dr. Spivey is a pushover when it comes to Nurse Ratched and her abilities with the power she has. The quote says “just like she was above him” this alone proves that the woman here overpowered and exceeded the men.

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