... the life of Christ he is able to actually show the process of this breakdown. Throughout the novel Kesey uses his characters as symbols of biblical figures depicting the life of Jesus in order to support the belief that a small imbalance caused by one person can lead to mass destruction ... that a foreigner has a major impact on a (consistent) community and can eventually completely reverse the society. One major symbol that ties in with the biblical times is the Electroshock Therapy table. It is highly apparent that the table is associated with destruction in how it tends to turn a pat...

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