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Dr. Spivey begins a staff meeting to discuss McMurphy and...
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Soon McMurphy reaches his one-month anniversary at the ward,...
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The arrival of Randle P. McMurphy, a rebellious and charismatic man, disrupts the authoritarian rule of Nurse Ratched and brings a glimmer of hope to the other patients. Set in a mental hospital, the novel delves into themes of sanity, power, and the consequences of social conformity.
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The mental patients, all male, are divided into Acutes, who can be cured, and Chronics, who cannot be cured. They are ruled by Nurse Ratched, a former army nurse who runs the ward with harsh, mechanical precision. During daily Group Meetings, she encourages the Acutes to attack each other in their most vulnerable places, shaming them into submissio...
When Randle McMurphy arrives as a transfer from the Pendleton Work Farm, Bromden senses that something is different about him. McMurphy swaggers into the ward and introduces himself as a gambling man with a zest for women and cards. After McMurphy experiences his first Group Meeting, he tells the patients that Nurse Ratched is a ball-cutter. The ot...
Cheswicks death signals to McMurphy that he has unwittingly taken on the responsibility of rehabilitating the other patients. He also witnesses the harsh reality of electroshock therapy and becomes genuinely frightened by the power wielded by the staff. The weight of his obligation to the other patients and his fear for his own life begins to wear ...
Back on the ward in Part IV, McMurphy reignites the rebellion by getting into a fistfight with the aides to defend George Sorenson. Bromden joins in, and they are both sent to the Disturbed ward for electroshock therapy. McMurphy acts as if the shock treatments do not affect him, and his heroic reputation grows. Nurse Ratched brings him back to the...
- Ken Kesey, John Clark Pratt
- 1962
Oct 7, 2024 · An introduction to and summary of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel by Ken Kesey published in 1962. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind, including a critique of psychiatry [3] and a tribute to individualistic principles.
- Ken Kesey, John Clark Pratt
- 1962
When One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest opens, the reader is introduced to a wild and engaging character named Rändle P. McMurphy. This introduction comes through Chief Bromden, a Native American and psychiatric hospital patient who is the narrator.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of America's most highly challenged and banned novels. • 1974: Five residents of Strongsville, Ohio sued the local Board of Education to remove the novel from classrooms.
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