Oppression: a Comparative Literary Analysis

Oppression A Comparative Literary Analysis There has been an ongoing battle inside trends in society, and continues as time evolves and revolutions occur. Such battles include issues of oppression be it in marriages, families, or in society as a whole. Two particular stories that tackle these issues within the idea of oppression include The fib of an Hour by Kate Chopin, and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey. While Chopins story deals with how women are expected to conform by societys standards, Keseys piece argues how men are feeling emasculated from the pressures of society in whole.Such major similarities and difference these two have with one an opposite include dealings with marriage, the desire for individualism and nonconformity, and the issues with gender norms. Now Kate Chopins The Story of an Hour is a short story of a woman who, because of her husbands supposed death, realizes her newfound freedom and independence. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, on the other ha nd, is a novel set at a psychiatric hospital located in Oregon, with characters including Chief Bromden, one of the protagonists and the narrator, who is half aborigine American and pretends to be deaf and mute.There is also Randle McMurphy, who is the other protagonist and a rebellious convict sent from prison. The plot concerns itself with McMurphys interaction with the other patients in the ward along with those who run it. From then on he comes up with events for the patients to participate in, with the intention of making them stand up for themselves against societys pressure. Initially he thinks that being in a psychiatric institution is an easy way out compared to prison, however in the end he violently thrashes against Nurse Ra.