The film "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" is based on the novel by Ken Kesey. ... With the film of the story of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", Kesey holds a mirror to our society and the images we see reflected back are of a dark, oppressive and controlling society whose goal is to foster social integration and squelch individuality, creating a compliant society. ... Her appearance is one of frightening tight control. ... A fear Nurse Rached doesn't hesitate to hold over Billy's head. ... Mac is of course wild with joy knowing that all this time the Chief has "gotte...

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In 1962, Kesey wrote the novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest that was considered an instant classic by many people and very controversial. It contained many counterculture themes like freedom from authority and a more liberated view of sexuality ("About One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"). ... On graduating he received the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship that was a scholarship for the Creative Writing program at Stanford ("About One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"). ... This is where his inspiration for writing One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest started ("Kesey, Ken"). ... This pro...

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Convulsive therapy using drugs rather than electricity was introduced in 1934 by Hungarian neuropsychiatrist Ladisles meduna , who speculated that seizures (similar to the ones occurring in epilepsy) could probably alleviate mental disorders. ... This method is said to reduce short term memory loss and confusion, another method of ECT is placing the electrodes over both temples. ... People still have dark and gory images of ECT from such books as One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, where ECT was graphically portrayed as a grisly machine that enhanced dementia. ... Convulsive therapy using drugs ra...

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