The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn vs. One Flew Over the Cuc

Before actually plunging into the concepts presented in the two stories mentioned above, one must have a brief understanding of the historical sett

He suggested the speaker be turned up louder so the Chronics with auditory weaknesses could hear it...But I told him I had received previous complaints from some of the younger men that the radio is already do loud it hinders conversations and reading...I agreed with him that it did seem a shame and was ready to drop the matter when I happened to think of the old tub room...We don't use the room at all...So how would a group like to have that room as a sort of second day room, a game room, shall we say?" (p.99)

Ultimately, novel plays on the battle of good vs. evil, a topic that was always portrayed in the American frontier, with McMurphy having assumed the role as hero. The patients evoke warm, human emotions while the hospital workers are portrayed as cruel and cold hearted. Therefore the battle between these two groups is representative of not only the good and evil that exists between human beings, but within them.

What really attracts the reader’s attention in this work is the concepts behind these two traveling men--their energy, their resilience, their superior wit over the townsfolk and the way they satirically present it--these qualities construct the idea that life on the road brings out the human characteristics most worthy of our admiration. With this idea comes the central metaphor of the river. It is crucial to the “flow” of the story. It is not only a road, but a moving road, bringing items of metaphoric importance with it, such as rafts, fish, etc. while also subliminally guiding the travelers as they journey onward. The best thing about being in motion on a raft is the way in life goes on in a subtle but unforeseeable direction. One doe not have to worry about frivolous realities on shore. The real importance is that each moment actually created then suspend by the motion of the river.

"You see, McMurphy and I were talking about that age-old problem we have on this ward: the mixed population, the young and the old together. It's not the most ideal surroundings for our Therapeutic Community, but Administration says there's no helping it with the Geriatric Building overloaded the way it is...In our talk, however, McMurphy and I did happen to come up with an idea which might make things more pleasant for both age groups. McMurphy mentioned that he had noticed some of the old fellows seemed to have difficulty hearing the radio.

Nature in this story is somewhat contradictory to the concept of nature on the American frontier. It is not a great enemy and it does not require any type of defensive preparations. Nature does not destroy anything of importance to Huck, it never unexpectedly creeps up on him, and Huck is not afraid of it. There are certain aspects of it that appear somewhat dangerous such as storms, however, nature the ruthlessness of nature definitely takes a back seat to character of the town community. Nature plays an opposite role in the concept that it has actually befriended Huck. It does, after all, bring him his raft as well as it is the background to his journey. We can relate Huck’s journey through nature to one of the most influential journey’s through nature of the frontier time: Lewis and Clark’s Exploration of the Louisiana Purchase. Twain seems to almost capture the same sense of uncharted adventure that must have been felt by Lewis and Clark while they were led through this American wilderness by Sacagawea.

Of all the thematic issues expressed in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the most apparent if the feature of movement and constant changing of location. The main characters, Huck and Jim, are always on the go. Through out the entire novel they are constantly traveling in efforts to attain their respective goals, Huck to escape Widow Douglas’ attempt to “civilize” him and Jim in search of his family and his freedom. Although bearing on the theory of an escape attempt, Huck really has no destination. It is true that he starts his journey with

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