Identity Theft How the institution strips the inmates of their manhood One's identity is what makes one stand out from society; without identity the world's population would be able to fit into one common mold. Ken Kesey explores the ideas of identity and conformity in his book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. An individual's identity is his manhood; stripped of one's manhood one is left without willpower and is forced to succumb to the …showed first 75 words of 1313 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1313 total…happens to be more equivalent to rabbits than humans. But one man, one unbroken man, is all it takes to throw off the balance. Once the machines lose their rhythm they are easily overthrown, and McMurphy saw that and took advantage of it. He drove to win back the inmates identities and in the end his body was left but his identity will remain in the walls, constantly trying to be heard over the loudspeaker.