One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest

A detailed Summary of One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest

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One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest is written by; This book is about several patients in a mental hospital

who succeed in realizing the harm it caused them by an under cover patient MCMurphy.

While reading this book you will begin to realize that the power shifts from the nurse; Ms.

Ratched to a patient named MCMurphy in many different ways. MCMurphy breaks the rules, sticks up for

the patients, and shows them that they are like any body else living in the world.

MCMurphy brakes the rules by taking all the patients out of the institution and taking them fishing

for a day. This shows the patients that they can actually make choices for themselves. The patients did

everything themselves with a little explanation from MCMurphy. This incident showed them to have a

little more self-confidence in themselves.

MCMurphy also sticks up for the patients. When patient Cheswick was throwing a tantrum

because the nurse would not give him his cigarettes, MCMurphy walked over to the office window, broke

it, reached inside, and handed Cheswick his cigarettes. Cheswick felt very thankful toward him. He is the

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able to play like they actually knew what they were doing. He also watched football games with them.

their self-esteem, gave them medication that was not necessary, only to brainwash them. MCMurphy

Approximate Word count = 2624
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)

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