A literary work can be called a classic because it promotes profound insight into human behavior. Both The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey, give the reader a complete understanding of what is going on in the characters' heads. This view of characters can be used as a general view of human behavior. One insight is that a person's physical abilities can be controlled by their mental awareness and state of being. Another is that they see themselves in relation to those around them. In The Scarlet Letter, the reader is introduced to the feelings of Chillingworth, Hester's husband (the main character), and Dimmesdale (Hester's partner in adultery), as they are also broken mentally. asphysically. Chillingworth is afraid of being disgraced by being known as a whore's husband. He also wants revenge on Dimmesdale for corrupting Hester. His thoughts are read by the reader and his actions represent the evil ways that have overtaken him. The way he torments Dimmesdale is seen when he acts as his doctor. Chillingworth knows that Dimmesdale was the father of Pearl, Hester's daughter. But he wants to torment and take revenge on Reverend Dimmesdale, who suddenly fell ill. Chillingworth uses his knowledge of the human mind and medicine to deduce that Dimmesdale's illness lay not in his body, but in his mind: it hid a secret, a profound insight. , dark, secret, which was destroying him. Asking Dimmesdale if he was hiding something... middle of paper... I realized that people sometimes seem different because of the power or freedom they hold. He may have known that they only saw themselves in relation to others around them. It is possible that he expressed these ideas in his book, using the Chief and McMurphy as subjects in the situations previously described. If a literary work shows a deep understanding of human behavior, such as The Scarlet Letter and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, then that work can be considered a classic, as are those of Hawthorne and Kesey. The main insight in common is that both authors realized that mental and physical conditions are related and dependent on each other. Additionally, Kesey showed how a person sees things in perspective to their surroundings.