Megan Stanford

Throughout the book, Ken Kesey uses many literary devices. Some of the devices that are used a lot are similes and metaphors. These are being used to describe a situation or an object most of the time. When literary devices are used, it is sometimes hard to figure out if what is being described is actually true. One example is when they describe a patient was "nailed against the wall like that" (Kesey 14). When reading this, one may think that the patient is actually stuck against the wall of if that was just the way it was being described.

This problem is connected back to the idea that Chief is an unreliable narrator, which is what Kesey  is trying to prove by using this technique. He is effective in doing this. As readers, it is hard to descipher what is actually happening some of the time.