The Mixed Heritage Of The Chief Chapter Summary
Waxler, Robert P. "The Mixed Heritage of the Chief: Revisiting the Problem of Manhood."
Journal of Popular Culture 29.3 (n.d.): 225-35. Literary References. Web. 29 Apr. 2016.
This article is about the growth of the Chief’s manhood throughout the novel. Robert P. Waxler, starts the article with introducing the Chief struggle of becoming a man. Waxler believes that Chief's struggle is rooted from the fact that his father’s minority status gives his mother social supremacy. Waxler then point out how author Ken Kesey makes it hard for the Chief to find his manhood by making the surrounding environment a demanding and outwardly oppressive matriarchy. Then, Waxler then explains how the arrival of McMurphy marks the beginning of the Chief attaining his manhood. Waxler gives examples of McMurphy’s influence on the Chief. Finally, Waxler explains the significance on how killing McMurphy gave the Chief his manhood. …show more content…
The author Robert P. Waxler gives a lot of examples on how the gender roles are reversed in the novel. I could use the information between the Chief and his mother, to show how women were empowered in the novel. I could also use the analysis of the relationship between the Chief and Nurse Ratched to convey the emasculation the men felt in the ward. Finally, I could use the growth of the Chief's manhood to display the struggles of the men in the ward.
Leach, Caroline. "Disability and Gender in Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Journal of Popular Culture 29.3 (n.d.): 225-35. Literary References. Web. 29 Apr. 2016.
This article is about the growth of the Chief’s manhood throughout the novel. Robert P. Waxler, starts the article with introducing the Chief struggle of becoming a man. Waxler believes that Chief's struggle is rooted from the fact that his father’s minority status gives his mother social supremacy. Waxler then point out how author Ken Kesey makes it hard for the Chief to find his manhood by making the surrounding environment a demanding and outwardly oppressive matriarchy. Then, Waxler then explains how the arrival of McMurphy marks the beginning of the Chief attaining his manhood. Waxler gives examples of McMurphy’s influence on the Chief. Finally, Waxler explains the significance on how killing McMurphy gave the Chief his manhood. …show more content…
The author Robert P. Waxler gives a lot of examples on how the gender roles are reversed in the novel. I could use the information between the Chief and his mother, to show how women were empowered in the novel. I could also use the analysis of the relationship between the Chief and Nurse Ratched to convey the emasculation the men felt in the ward. Finally, I could use the growth of the Chief's manhood to display the struggles of the men in the ward.
Leach, Caroline. "Disability and Gender in Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's