The Ward as a Symbol It is clear that Ken Kesey wasn't happy with American society around the time that he wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. ... Kesey doesn't think of him as being insane "just weak. Kesey states, "You think I wuh-wuh-wuh-want to stay in here? ... Kesey challenges people to break free of the oppressiveness of society. ... Ken Kesey uses One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest to criticize and challenge society. ...

• Word Count: 1000
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1856
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Ken Kesey used very descriptive words to put a vision of what the mental ward looked like in the reader's head. ... Kesey describes him as a psychopath who rarely ever thinks like a normal human being. ... I feel that Kesey would be disappointed with the way the movie was put together and rearranged. ... Kesey talked about how they sat in the corner with their catheters running down the sides of their legs. ... The movie did a horrible job of describing him as Kesey did in the book. ...

• Word Count: 1207
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Written by Ken Kesey in 1958, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, is a novel set in a psychiatric hospital. ... In addition, the novel serves as a study of critique of behaviorism, as well as celebration of principles of human beings (Wasserman and Kesey 13). ... Because of this, he thinks that he once used to be big, but not anymore at the present (Kesey 18). ... However, he may have had a significant mental breakdown because of witnessing the decline of his own father (Kesey 43). ... This is an indication that Chief is not insane, as other people in the hospital tend to think (Kesey 63). ...

• Word Count: 1124
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School