" - Henry David Thoreau In "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," by Ken Kesey, the protagonist, Randle Patrick McMurphy arrives at the hospital, his admittance does not symbolize a surrender to conformity. ... These arguments cease after McMurphy shares his insight on "the dirty truth" (Kesey 55). ... She maintains an asexual appearance as Chief describes, "like a watchful robot" (Kesey 30). ... Chief recalls, "it wasn't me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all" em...

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The novella One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey tells the story of patients living in a mental institution. Of all the characters in the novel, the most enticing is Randle Patrick McMurphy. McMurphy is transferred to the institution from a work camp for misbehaving. Shortly after arriving a...

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• Grade Level: High School

Not too many books take you into the world of mental illness. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey does. It is told through the eyes of a mental patient named Chief Bromden. He is a northwest Indian, who is disturbed with hallucinations about machines taking over the world he knows. The ment...

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• Grade Level: High School

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Not too many books take you into the world of mental illness. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey does. It is told through the eyes of a mental patient named Chief Bromden. He is a northwest Indian, who is disturbed with hallucinations about ...

• Word Count: 961
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School