Ken Kesey was one of the greatest and most unique authors of our time. ... On September 17, 1935, Ken Kesey was born on a farm in the town of La Junta, Colorado. ... He was a star football player as well and was even voted "most likely to succeed" by his high school peers ("Biography of Ken Kesey"). ... Some of the chemicals included mind-altering drugs like psilocybin, mescaline, peyote, and LSD ("Ken Kesey"). ... This is where his inspiration for writing One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest started ("Kesey, Ken"). ...

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The film "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" is based on the novel by Ken Kesey. ... Kesey describes her as "enormous, capable of swelling up bigger and bigger to monstrous proportions." The films physical portrayal of nurse Ratched perfectly embodies Kesey's description. ... Ken Kesey consistently incorporates elements from the Bible to illustrate the struggle between good and evil. ... Again Kesey uses Mac as a Christ figure. ...

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"Now he's nailed against the wall in the same shape, arms out, palms cupped, with the same horror on his face" (Kesey 14). ... This is just one of the many examples in the novel, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, which is similar to an event that happened in Biblical times. ... (Kesey 99). ... After losing he says, "I tried though I sure as hell did that much" (Kesey 121). ... There is irony to Ken Kesey and the book he writes, because although his book has many different Christian references; he did not exactly lead a "Christian" life. ...

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The novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was written by Ken Kesey. The novel takes place in a mental institute. McMurphy is a man who tries to escape a work farm by saying he is not sane. McMurphy is sent to this mental institute to be examined. Here McMurphy is the hero who sacrifice himself in o...

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Impersonation God is powerful: all-seeing and all-knowing. He knows the number of hairs on a person's head. He is the Creator, and all things of this earth are His; He is sovereign. He casts judgment on the people and punishes them how He sees fit. In the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's N...

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The Grateful Dead, a name known by many and memorialized by fans as a strange spiritual journey. The Grateful Dead embodied more than just the music they produced, but also the sense of community they conveyed to their audience. They were revered by fans as a unique rock band, blending the genres ...

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Power could be used as a tool to mend one's mentality; however power comes with great responsibility which may very well lead to destruction. There were two powerhouses in this book, Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy. Despite both having power, McMurphy had the capability to gain the influen...

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