How Tone Creates Light and Dark in Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

This literary analysis essay takes a look at the creation of tone and mood in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The student argues that author Ken Kesey brings humor to an otherwise dark story, commenting on man's inherent optimism in the face of his ultimate futility.

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Bridget's feedback:

"As you move forward in the writing process, take some time to nail down your use and definitions of the literary devices you've chosen to discuss. Reading the current draft, I'm not always sure if the examples and analyses are discussing tone; sometimes the focus seems to be on mood or theme when tone is ostensibly being discussed. You are off to a good start in pairing textual evidence with Kesey's work in creating impact and effect, so you can use the current ideas and framework to start working this draft into a more specific and rigorous discussion by clarifying which device is cause and which is effect.

A stumbling block in the current draft may be a formatting issue: the quotations are all missing quotation marks, making it hard for the reader to determine when you are presenting evidence. This impacts clarity and ethos significantly. Proofread to catch both writing mechanics errors and formatting issues that take away the reader's attention from the discussion.

As a final note, the opening sentences meander a bit and could more productively be compressed into a single sentence hook. You might also want to consider a different focus in the first sentence: check your conclusion and think about if the focus in the opening sentences mirror the closing focus. Lining these up will help create structure and guide the reading experience."

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Kibin. (2024). How tone creates light and dark in ken kesey's one flew over the cuckoo's nest. http://www.kibin.com/essay-examples/how-tone-creates-light-and-dark-in-ken-keseys-one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-YPwm7Dhr

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("How Tone Creates Light and Dark in Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.")

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"How Tone Creates Light and Dark in Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Kibin, 2024, www.kibin.com/essay-examples/how-tone-creates-light-and-dark-in-ken-keseys-one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-YPwm7Dhr

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