One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Describe the significance of Old Rawler's method of suicide.
One flew over the cuckoos nest
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One flew over the cuckoos nest
The patients have already been "castrated" by the system in which they find himself; thus, his self-castration simply shows how he is feeling living in this very disturbed ward to which he is confined. It is very symbolic.