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Has there ever been a moment when you feel like you can conquer the world, but one itsy bitsy thing can knock you back into your shell? Just when you feel confident enough to stand up for yourself, your trigger mechanism kicks in and you no longer can stay strong. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, I was struck by the character Billy Bibbit, who’s trigger mechanism is the force of his being placed in the mental institution. Ken Hesey chooses a fault that people can relate to either personally or in another aspect. Throughout the novel Billy’s character changes as he becomes more confident in himself and goes through the reality of growing up. The most obvious symptom of the illness that has placed Billy in the hospital is his stutter, which grows worse when he is under stress. “The first word I said, I stuttered,“# Billy said during his interrogation by Nurse Ratched. The stutter forced him out of college and lost him the girl he wanted to marry. The stutter, however, is a symptom of a more serious disease: Billy's inability to grow from a boy into a man. Manhood is defined in this book largely in sexual terms, and the fact that Billy has not lost his virginity though he is past 30 shows that he hasn't taken command of his life in other ways as well.
Approximate Word count = 778
Approximate Pages = 3.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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