... cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft" (Twain, 338). 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 ... the world. In a sense, it took McMurphy's arrival in order to dispose Bromden's departure. The internal movement theme is more apparent to the reader. As the course of the story carries, it is possible to see how McMurphy and Bromden move closer to one another, an emotional migration ...

• Word Count: 3770
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... Kool-Aid Acid Test. The vibrant colorful history of the times is beautifully portrayed in this book. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (further referred to as TEKAAT), is a now-classic portrait of the coterie which gave the "hippie- world of the 1960s much of its philosophy and vocabulary we look back upon now. "Our Dreams are not that far away ... to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time "and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened. Mr. Wolfe conveys to the reader that this was the sixties. This was the point of all of it. ...

• Word Count: 1008
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... , love, and the quest to expand one's inner horizons. It is apparent that Kesey's hero is definitely American rather than European, drawing strength from the American myth rather than the classic one. The American hero was adored for over a hundred years. He has had less success in the twentieth century, except in his best-known form as the cowboy, where he ... the most telling scenes describing McMurphy's battle with the Nurse - the World Series revolt, the fishing trip, the party on the ward, - are scenes of laughter. The Chief tells the reader that McMurphy's is "the first laugh I've ...

• Word Count: 3214
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate