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Not too many books take you into the world of mental illness. One Flew Over theCuckoo’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 mental hospital is in Oregon which is run by Nurse Ratched who has machine like control of everyone and everything in the ward. The only hint of her humanity is the fact that she possesses very large breasts, which she keeps tucked away under her neat-as-a-pin white uniform. The Chief has been there longer than anyone except for Nurse Ratched. He uses this to his advantage by making the other people in the ward think he is deaf Life in the ward is quiet until a new patient is admitted. His name is Randle P. McMurphy and he is a redheaded brute who smells of sweat, work, dirt and dust. He starts in by disrupting everything familiar in the ward, the silence, the admitting showers, and the way the black boys bully the patients around. He quickly makes friends with everyone including the Chronics who are vegetable like patients. McMurphy is a gambling man who insist tha
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Approximate Word count = 936
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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