Q. Discuss the techniques the author used to develop the characters in the novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. You are required to examine three characters from the novel when addressing this question. Ken Kesey is the author of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, a hugely influential and important book of the 20the century. To weave his story, Kesey uses a bizarre cast of characters living in a mental asylum. To create these …showed first 75 words of 900 total…

…showed last 75 words of 900 total…notion further. The techniques used by Kesey are both subtle and obvious; he uses them with gentle fluidity so the reader is aware only of the story of a giant Native American. Kesey's characters are a menagerie of personalities and so the techniques used in creating, sustaining and finishing them had to be varied, Kesey's use of imagery, symbolism, language and contrast all contribute to develop the characters of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.