Literary Analysis of 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'

The novel is written in first person in the point of view of Bromden who is an observer. There were no shifts in point of view during the novel. The effect Kesey achieved by selecting Bromden as the narrator instead of in McMurphy's, the protagonist, was to keep the narration as objective from McMurphy as possible, and seeing how Bromden has been at the mental hospital the longest and has fooled everyone into thinking he is blind and dumb it had given him the advantage of knowing everyone's secrets around the ward. The purpose of this is to figure out McMurphy's motives of helping the patients in the ward through Bromden and to keep the novel interesting. Kesey also seems to have wanted the point of view to be subjective and a bit unreliable

The book, One who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey, is an eccentric story on the cruel treatment of patients within psychiatric wards in the 1960s. It is told from the narration of an indigenous man, named Chief Bromden, a character who is deeply conflicted and wounded inside, as he narrates the story of another patient McMurphy. McMurphy is not like Chief, nor any of the other patients for that matter, for he is a man who refuses to follow the wards rules and does whatever it takes in the book to strip the head nurse, Miss Ratched, of her power, in a fight for the patients, sovereignty within the ward. His rebellious attitude unfolds and the consequences begin unveiling

"'What worries me, Billy,' she said - I could hear the change in her voice - 'is how your poor mother is going to take

In novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey, a leader organizes a group of mental patients and rebels against the figurehead of the broken institutional system of the mental hospital. McMurphy pushes The institutions rules of order, bringing out the evil in the situation. Bromden, due to his bias narration, misconstrues Nurse Ratched as the antagonist where, in truth, she falsifies this by trying to maintain order and by ultimately seeking the best for her patients.

The 1960's were the beginning of social rebellions, like, women's rights movements and the Civil Rights Movement. Women in positions of authority were perceived as manipulators and castrators. For example, one of the most controversial points McMurphy makes in the book is the fear of women, and the women in the book are constantly described as threatening and terrifying figures. Most of the patients have been damaged by relationships with overpowering women.

Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a culmination of many sides of society fit into a small hospital. Fighting each other to escape or be fixed, each character brings a history with them that influences their emotions and actions. Some fall into the same category, but others—the outliers—have a unique aura that quickly makes them the main players of the game of the “combine”. The protagonist and the antagonist of the work, share only one thing in common, they assert themselves to be the leader of the cult inside the hospital. But why? One is a man and the other is a woman. Something has to have triggered the feeling of superiority above each other. Maybe it’s the man’s misogyny, maybe it’s in the opposite direction—a foreshadowing

The human mind is one of the strongest parts of the human body, it has the capability to adapt to almost anything that life may throw at it. Brains take in thousands of signals from the outside world and one’s own body every day, it has to manage one of the most complex organisms on this earth. Physically, it is about as fragile as a newborn; mentally, it can sustain the weight of a freight train. Psychiatric hospitals are often full of patients who show just how resilient the brain can be and just how much fight is inside that three-pound chunk of water, fat, and neurons. Patients in these places are fighting every day to regain some sense of sanity or reality that they lost along the way. From the outside, they can seem insane and often without hope, but that typically comes from misunderstanding them because of poor communication. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, author Ken Kesey depicts the lengths the human mind will go to in order to survive and how inhumane reigns will fail in the

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest reflects how individuals don't want to conform to certain rules that an institution wants them to follow. The novel really gets to the point when someone is pushed and pushed to follow rules that are overbearing, they crack and do the total opposite of what's expected from them. McMurphy just wants to enjoy himself and get the other patients in the ward to open their eyes and make them realize that they're being controlled by a tyrannic figure who won't let them have fun as well. The mundanity of going through the same routine is mind numbing to the point their patients' sanity turns into insanity. The mundanity may only be broken when one breaks the loop of going through the same thing every single day.

People do not need one person to tell them how to live their life or what to do constantly. Society was meant to be lived as each occupant deems to be the perfect way for them, not the way one person believe everyone should live. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest could also teach students that just because people appear to be different or do not live their life the way you would does not mean that they are wrong or weird. It means that they are living life as god intended them to, they way they see to fit their personality. Different people can work together for the same goals, for people who appear to be different from others, really are not that different at all. It is all who one chooses to perceive it, and that is what Ken Kesey was trying to show the reader through the character of Randall Patrick

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest written by Ken Kesey is a story of defiance and insanity. This novel especially focuses on the severe consequences you may induce if you are to fight back against authority figures. This is an important lesson for today's youth to learn and remember. That is why Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is still relevant in today’s society.

The controversial novel ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ written by Ken Kesey (1962) explores many concepts thematically, these being referenced to frequently through the usage of various literary techniques. These explored themes all being widely discussed topics within the communist-ridden, and paranoia instilled period in which the novel was created. The antagonist, Nurse Ratched is metaphorically conveyed through her name via a pun as a device used to force cogs into place whilst also foreshadowing future events, this metaphor shaping the readers understanding of central ideas greatly. Nurse Ratched is also expressed as being the emblem for the Combine by Chief Bromden, this being reinforced with the motif of machinery and mechanical

‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is an American comedy-drama filmed in 1975 which was directed by Milos Forman. The film is based on a 1962 novel ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ by Ken Kesey. The film is about the protagonist Randle McMurphy, who was a recidivist criminal which avoided going to prison by serving the rest of his sentence in a mental asylum. He later finds out that the ward is run by a strict Nurse Ratched who is the antagonist in the film. Throughout the film many literally devices were explored such as themes, symbolisms, situational irony, setting, allusions and more. The main focuses were themes which were depicted in the film through manipulation. Another was situational irony which explored how McMurphy first entered

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's nest was written american Author Ken Kesey. The book was written in the late 1950’s while Kesey was a student at Stanford while he was participating in experimental LSD programs. The book takes place in a mental hospital in Oregon in the 1950’s. This book was recommended to me by my teacher while looking for a book to read. This book has always been apart of my life since I was little when my Dad would watch the movie repeatedly. I never watched it but, I knew about and wanted to see why my Dad was so interested in the story. I highly recommend the book with it’s intricate storytelling and plethora

Is an action truly heroic if it includes personal gain? Author Ken Kesey considers this in his 1960’s novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. The novel is told from the point of view of a patient in a psychiatric hospital named Chief Bromden. Chief plays the part of a deaf and dumb man, but all the while has with extreme suspicion of the power system in place. He views those in authoritative positions as part of a larger mechanical system known as the Combine, whose purpose is to keep everyone and everything “in order”. Chief believes it to be invincible and even godly until a new patient comes swaggering in and begins working on destroying the complex tyranny of the Combine. However, this does not come without consequence. During McMurphy’s

For the AP novel evaluation, I chose One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The book was written in the 1960s, which is important because the time period heavily influenced the theme of the novel. Kesey's life and struggle with drugs and incarceration is prominent.