Discourses of conformity in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and advice to young ladiesAny text, despite an appearance of neutrality, is supported by specific discourses. Throughout the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, written by Ken Kesey, and in the poem Advice to Young Women by A.D. Hope, there is evidence to suggest that the discourses represented by the characters in both texts reveal the ways in which the discourses of conformity are the basis of the characters. actions, perceptions and motivations, as well as inviting and silencing beliefs, attitudes and values ​​of individualism. The author and the poet are able to forcefully convey to the reader their beliefs about the importance of individuality from their point of view. The three dominant discourses that both the novel and the poem share and represent are: conformity, sexuality and Christianity. These values ​​are privileged by the novel and questioned by poetry. The dominant discourse of conformity in the novel is predominantly characterized by obedience to the rules described by Kesey. At the beginning of the novel, all the acute and silenced chronic patients conform to the rules of Nurse Ratched, the main antagonist, before McMurphy's arrival. This is demonstrated by the following quote: “…it explodes bigger and bigger, as big as a tractor…” (p.5). McMurphy is portrayed as a Jesus figure in the novel. After his arrival, he begins to take control of the patients. Begin to take on the role of leader. Kesey foregrounded McMurphy's character to be different, thus creating a binary opposite represented in the novel. Kesey shows binary opposites such as good versus evil. The first is represented by the swindler, McMurphy, and the second is represented by the Chief Nurse… in the center of the paper… that Being a Genius Woman is a Crime” (Line 25). This clearly shows that women cannot be superior to men. Furthermore, Postojna's life being taken from her is distinct in lines 19 to 20: "A vestal virgin who scandalized that city got a fair trial, then they buried her alive?" Obviously this was the Vestal's religious belief because she did not conform to the Vestal. In conclusion, this integrates the religious discourse in Kesey's novel. From the arguments and supporting evidence presented throughout the essay, it can be established that the novel and the poem both contain the discourse of conformity. The novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, written by Ken Kesey and the poem Advice to Young Women, written by AD Hope, support the discourses of conformity, sexuality and Christianity presented; poetry differs by challenging them.