The two books, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Portnoy's Complaint" contain many differences between each other, yet they occur in the same time period of the 1960's. Since they both occur in the 1960's, many similarities occur between the two of them. But the main similarity is that both books have to do with the mental things of people.

In "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", the story is narrated by a mute Indian called Chief Bromden. He does not talk about his life, but what goes on around him. This book is about a mental ward and those that inhabit it, describing all the different things that happen in this institution. The book mentions the theme "madness" which occurs along with the switching of conventional notions of sanity and insanity in their heads. All the people that inhabit are middle-aged or older and are all men. A woman called Nurse Ratched controls them all, making the themes "control" and "women dominating men" come to play in this book. But in contrast, the book "Portnoy'

The book "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" also can be in compared with the other book, "Portnoy's Complaint". Such comparisons include the mental issues of the people in each book, the type of language in the books, and the character development in each story. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" talks about the mentally insane and what it is like to be living in a mental institution. The book talks about the mental problems each of the inhabitants have and all the treatments that they get, which is more bad than good. The language used in the book is mostly swearing and obscene things. It is a must to the people that use it in the book, which brings me to character development. The most prevalent element in this book would have to be character development. The main character, Randle Patrick McMurphy, is the one that was more outspoken and more determined to change things in the mental ward. His character develops as he tells the people not to be afraid of Nurse Ratched so that they could stand up to her and when he goes attacks Nurse Ratched himself. Even thoug

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