One Flew Over the
BACKGROUND
INFO
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Cuckoo’s Nest
Time where
society believed mental
institutions
were for crazy
people.
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G R I M M ’ S
Patients re-
Plot Overview: Timeline
Shock Therapy
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1963—First
Chief kills McMurphy and escapes
time gov.
spent money
for mental
hospitals
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Suicide
Party w/ Hooker
1962 Forensic
psychology
begins
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Many books
Attacks Nurse—Lobotomy
Moved to Disturbed
Cheswick
about mental
patients are
published.
(new openness)
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K N Y C K I
Popular
Drug—
Thorazine
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K E R R I ,
the night shift at Menlo Park
Veterans Hospital. He would
visit and socialize among patients. During many visits he
was under the influence of
hallucinogens. He alleged
that the patients were not
truly insane and tried desperately to prove it.
Ken Kesey, grew up between
the time of the 1950’s and
1960’s. As a student at Stanford, he took part in a project
where he tested the effects of
numerous drugs such as LSD,
cocaine, and psilocybin. Kesey gained the inspiration for
Cuckoo’s Nest, by working
ceived psychotherapy with
psychiatrists.
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B R O O K E ,
About the Author: Ken Kesey
Many medications given,
many were
injections, to
decrease
symptoms of
psychosis.
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Fishing Trip
Setting: Oregon
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Estimated Reading Time:
Roughly, one week
State Asylum
through
late 1950’s– early
1960’s.
Plot Overview: Summary
McMurphy and Chief
The captivating story is told
through the perspective of
Chief Bromden, a patient at
the asylum, who pretends to
be deaf so that he remains
unnoticed. McMurphy, a sane
and manipulative man, feigns
being insane in order to be
committed to an insane institution to get out of work. He
brings joy, life, and laughter
with his daily dosage of mayhem to the hospital and all its
inhabitants. McMurphy is in a
constant battle with the Big
Nurse over power, He willingly fights to win the upper
hand until he discovers the Big
Nurse holds the ultimate
power; his time sentence. His
demeanor drastically changes
for a short period until he
realizes his purpose; bringing
joy and courage to the patients
while he still has time. He
organizes a fishing trip for 10
of the patients against the Big
Nurse’s wishes. In a desperate
attempt to save his fellow
colleague from embarrassment, he fights several attendants and is sent up to Disturbed floor. There, he experiences Electric Shop Therapy.
The Big Nurse grants him the
choice of admitting his fault,
Character List
“One flew east,
One flew west,
One flew over
the Cuckoo’s
Nest. (272).”
Major
• Chief Bromden
• Randle Patrick McMurphy
• Big Nurse (Ratched)
Minor
• Harding
• Billy Bibbit
• Cheswick
• George
• Doctor Spivey
• Candy
• Black attendants
Chief (Broom) Bromden Pretends to be deaf and dumb
to avoid interrogation
by staff of hospital. The
story is told through
Chief’s eyes as he cautiously observes the
insane and their recovery. A fog appears
periodically according
to chief whenever he
feels scared he hunkers
into his security shield.
However, he feels safe
around McMurphy,
Sarcastic,
witty, and
manipulative.
CUCKOO’S
but his prideful nature refuses.
He receives numerous treatments with little progression.
A big party under the secrecy
of the patients is thrown;
Booze, medication, and hookers were provided, courtesy of
McMurphy. When the Big
Nurse discovers the trappings
in the morning she furiously
embarrasses all the men.
McMurphy attempts to display
he weaknesses also by stripping her of her clothing and
dignity and assaulting her.
McMurphy receives a lobotomy and is forever in a daydream-like trance. Chief can
not stand to have such a freeman trapped and let the Big
Nurse win the last battle so he
graciously suffocates McMurphy and escapes the asylum.
NEST
Analysis of Characters
Who appears to be a Christlike savior.
R.P. McMurphy - He feigns
being mentally incapable to
provide for himself so that he
can retreat from working at a
work farm for crimes held
against him. Witty McMurphy
sparks a light in the asylum and
shows the patients that they
are not as insane as the staff
leads them to believe. McMurphy brings life, laughter, and
trouble back to the hospital.
He is constantly feuding with
the Big Nurse over particular
capability matters.
Big Nurse (Ratched) - The
main advisor of the hospital.
She is very firm on her decisions and therapeutic recovery. She presses the men to be
open with their feelings and
publicly humiliating them. She
conveys a masculine role, but
physically appears quite feminine.
Minor Characters:
Harding– He claims he is different, and is overly self-conscious
of his hands because he is homosexual. His wife left him so
he registered as a patient. He
has superior language compared
to his peers and is considered
the main leader before the arrival of McMurphy.
Billy Bibbit– He is committed to
the hospital because he attempts suicide. He possesses a
fear of women and rejection
and feels inferior of his existent
lisp.
Charles Cheswick– Commits
suicide when McMurphy’s atti-
tude changes to more passive
because He feels betrayed.
George-Has a phobia of germs,
dirt, and grime. He becomes
captain on the fishing trip. He
exerts a change when he volunteers to be captain but quickly
subdues when McMurphy fights
the black attendants so that he
does not have to be bathed.
Doctor Spivey– Slowly becomes more pro-McMurphy
but also is the Big Nurse’s boss.
Candy– Hooker that stole Bibbit’s virginity and helped partake in the events.
Black Attendants– Help to
maintain order in the asylum
however, they lazily pass off
work to patients. Ironically,
they are treated better by
personnel in a time when
blacks did not possess many
rights and social acceptance.
Motifs:
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The Fog - Only appears in the
eyes of chief. There are two
main causes of the fog; one, his
medication and lack there of
and two, his fear of being forgotten. From this fear he develops a phobia of people
“cracking him” and discovering
what he truly is. The fog appears whenever chief is frightened.
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Cigarettes - The induction of
Symbols:
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the drug nicotine is a prominent leisure activity many of
the men on the ward participate in. The cigarettes are a
substance the feel the Big
Nurse can not limit or eliminate. Smoking is the one activity where the patients believe
they have control over.
Whale Boxer Shorts - The
whales are free, big, and powerful like McMurphy who's ego
is quite large and stubborn.
McMurphy’s pride is compared
to the whales which Moby
Dick. McMurphy would not
subdue to the authority of the
Big Nurse like Moby would
not let himself be captured.
They both were uncatchable
Children’s Rhyme - The popular rhyme “one flew east, one
flew west, one flew over the
cuckoo’s nest” symbolizes the
main activities in the book.
One flew east, one flew west,
portray the characters of
McMurphy and the Big Nurse
by flying in opposite directions
they are opposing one another’s thoughts, actions, and
beliefs. And Chief is the
one that flew over the
cuckoo’s nest by escaping
the asylum from a loony
bin full of cuckoo’s or
crazy people.
and unstoppable.
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Clocks– Time was in the importance of referencing the
time that was spent behind the
walls of the asylum. The Big
Nurse always controlled the
how fast or how slow time
was spent. It was vital for the
patients and especially McMurphy to cherish the time spent
locked inside.
Control Panel - Is compared
to the Big Nurse in that she is
strong, in control, shiny
like mentioned in Chief's
nightmares of the combine. At first McMurphy
is unable to life the object such as he is unable
to break the Big
Nurse, but at the end Teaching the patients how to
play basketball.
Chief catapults the
panel and escapes the
institution revealing
that he is stronger than her in the end.
Symbols:
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Birds - McMurphy is
constantly calling the
patients ‘birds’. Birds go
on to reference the fact
that they are trapped in a
cage like the patients are
trapped in the asylum.
Black Boys- The group of
black attendants help to present the irony during the time
period. In the early 60’s African Americans did not obtain
the same rights as white men.
However, the black boys were
treated superior compared to
the mentally unstable white
men. Proving how poorly the
men inside the asylum were
treated.
Themes:
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Everyone's a little CuckooEven though McMurphy faked
being mentally ill in order to get
out of work, he still presented
to be mentally ill at times.
When he would lose a battle
with Nurse Ratched or when
he came up with off-the-wall
ideas he proved he was a little
nutty. And when some of the
seriously ill patients provided
proof that they could be normal
through speech or emotion it
went to show that everyone
can be a little crazy at times
when they lose control.
Battle of the Sexes - McMurphy
and the Big Nurse constantly
are fighting for authority. Any rise
McMurphy earns is quickly rebutted
by the Big Nurse’s firm hand.
McMurphy does not appear to be
fighting a woman, because the Big
Nurse is described as being masculine.
• Laughter as Medicine - From
the very beginning McMurphy
tries to get the rest of the attendants to laugh. Laughter
brings happiness to those who
surround themselves with it.
McMurphy wants to make the
most of his time spent inside
the hospital and show others
how to enjoy their time as well.
Chapter Summaries and Commentary:
Summaries:
1.
The novel begins with three black boys making fun of
chief (all told through Chief’s eyes). Ms. Ratchet, or the
Big Nurse as he patients refer to her, is introduced as
having “precise, automatic gestures” (11).
2.
Chief is in the ay room along with the other acutes and
chronics when R.P McMurphy is being signed in as a new
patient. He laughs at all the patients and warns them he is
a “gambling fool.”
3.
Chief goes on to explain how a patient is classified either
as an acute or a chronic. Bibbit, Harding, Cheswick, and
McMurphy meet. McMurphy tries to talk to Chief until
interrupted by the Big Nurse. She tries to enforce rules
on McMurphy.
4.
We get to better know the Big Nurse a and her way of
running the ward. Chief explains how the Big Nurse came
to acquire three daytime black boys. Then
Chief tells the daily schedule.
5.
McMurphy sits through his first group
meeting. The patients pound Mr.
Harding with questions about his wife.
The doctor and Big Nurse start to
analyze McMurphy.
6.
Chief goes on to explain how the Big
Nurse has the
power to
slow down or speed up time .
McMurphy asks about the music while
gambling. McMurphy comes to realize
Chief really isn’t deaf.
Commentary:
1.The treatment of the black boys is superior as to
the ill white male patients which is ironic due to this
period in time. The tale is told through chief’s perspective, which proves to be unreliable because he
has a mental illness called schizophrenia. We also
meet the big nurse who has mechanical mannerisms
and lack of emotion, similar to a robot.
2.McMurphy is introduced. From his appearance to
his personality he proves to be different from all the
other patients. He is warm, energetic and tries to
unveil laughter. The men are afraid to laugh because
of what the Big Nurse could do. It appears he is
going to be trouble.
3.Ironically, Chief explains the distinct separation of
the patients when they are trying to be taught how
to be sociable among a diverse society. Big Nurse
and McMurphy have first big clash. The Big Nurse
realizes that McMurphy is going to be a nuisance and
potentionally cause an uproar.
4. The Big Nurse has a very precise schedule. She
operates her ward like a machine. Time is being
introduced as to how important it is and to keep
order minute by minute of the day.
5. First time we see the Big Nurse antagonize and pry
answers from embarrassing questions Nurse manipulates and slyly tortures the men into admitting to
secrets. Like the fact that Harding reveals he is gay.
When becoming rowdy, the doctor and Big Nurse
analyze and question to why McMurphy is there.
6. When time is mentioned this time, it goes deeper
as to how the nurse is a controlling person. She has
the power to make the time go faster or slower. To
the patients, time goes further than seconds an minutes of a planned activity. It goes to show that they
spend days and months and years in a place they
despise. It is ironic how much they hate the hospital,
when they are all registered at their own free will.
7.
Chief doesn’t take his red pill and tells us about at night
how the floor goes down into a machine room where he
sees wires and old Blastic being cut open.
8.
Chief wakes up to the unusual sound of singing. Chief looks
around and sees its McMurphy who comes out of the
shower in a towel. The Black Boys tell him its not ward
policy to take a shower at that time. Big Nurse confronts
him and he pulls off his towel to the Nurse’s surprise he has
white whale shorts on.
9.
McMurphy believes the Big Nurse will be “easy to snap”
while Chief explains she was only caught off guard. McMurphy tries anything to get a laugh out of the patients. The Big
Nurse explains why the music cant be shutoff or turned
down. Doctor and patients plan a carnival and the doctor
tells the Big Nurse the boys can gambol in tub room with
out music.
10.
Acutes play and argue over the game of monopoly.
11.
Chief talks about periods of time when he is lost in the fog
and the other patients don't seem to realize it. McMurphy
argues to get the World Series on the television and switch
the schedule. He doesn’t understand why the boys won’t
vote to change the TV times. He then loses the bet about
being able to move the control panel.
12.
Chief encounters a public relation who pays him no attention. Then he goes on to explain a paining.
13.
Chief explains how he feels safe in the fog.
14.
Chief does not understand why a man killed himself all ‘he
had to do was wait” (115).
15.
Chief compares the fog machine to being at war. He then
remembers of a time he went hunting with Papa. McMurphy
wills the revote 21 to switch the TV times but the Big
Nurse still said no, so the boys watch a blank TV screen
instead.
16.
All the patients, attendants, and nurses are watching the Big
Nurse waiting to see what she does. The doctors contemplate on what to with McMurphy. The Big Nurse surprises
all on her response.
17.
Big Nurse gives McMurphy latrine duty and he just uses it
for fun. Chief looks at life and people differently. Chief talks
about the nurse with the necklace.
18.
The boys start to complain to the Big Nurse about everything at group meetings. They all go swimming and McMurphy learns he will be there as long as the Big Nurse wants
because he is committed. McMurphy stands standing up to
the Big Nurse.
19.
Mr. Sefelt has a seizure and Fredrickson argues about taking
seizure pills.
20.
Chief talks about time an the Big Nurse’s hands.
21.
The acutes field trip to the library an Harding’s wife is , She
flirts with McMurphy and criticizes Harding.
22.
McMurphy is introduced to the electric shock. The boys
argue about what is wrong with the Big Nurse. McMurphy
discovers he is about the only one committed to the ward.
23.
The Big Nurse gives the boys their punishment of taking
away the tubroom because of their obnoxious behavior.
McMurphy doesn’t argue, instead, he walks to the window
andbreaks it to get his cigarettes.
7.With the absence of his medication Chief begins to see things. The pill could
be a sleeping pill to keep him asleep and the things he sees could be a dreamy
state he is in or it could be due to his illness; schizophrenia.
8. McMurphy realizes he is losing the control he has over himself due to the
Big Nurse and her obsessive desire to have control over everything. He purposefully makes a joke with his boxer shorts in order to make the Big Nurse
feel uncomfortable to try to break her rein. This is the first time we see the
whale boxers which have distinct similarities to McMurphy and his mannerisms.
McMurphy has pride in himself. The battle over authority is thriving. When
McMurphy suggests a carnival all the men agree and start planning. They begin
to argue, When Big Nurse tries to dismiss the idea the Doctor overrules her
authority. The Doctor is changing and slowly sliding from the Big Nurse’s
grasp and siding with McMurphy and his idealistic ways. McMurphy sees this
incident as a win.
10. McMurphy realizes how incoherent the men really are to reality. He realizes that they are there to get better that they truly need help but he still
does not believe medication and a schedule is the way to achieve improvement.
11. This is the first time fog is introduced. Fog appears when Chief feels insecure or threatened. Fog is only seen through the eyes of Chief. Fog could have
originated from lack of medicine or his phobia of being overlooked. He is
afraid to be seen for what he really is. The vote to watch the world series
shows how secluded the men are from reality of American life and how afraid
they are to vote against the Big Nurse and draw attention to themselves. They
are afraid of her power.
12.It just goes to show how mentally insane Chief really is. His mind can not
focus clearly.
13.When the fog appears, Chief feels as if no one can see him so he feels safe,
yet he's afraid that if he remains in the fog too long he will be lost forever.
14. Time goes on to portray that each individual has their own set of time on
earth, but taking ones own life is cheating time and its power. Each life is
measure by what you make of it on Earth. Chief believed he saw that individuals time closing soon and if he would have waited he wouldn’t have had to
cheat.
15. Shocked, by the votes against her, the Big Nurse says the game would not
be very therapeutic to the men’s health. McMurphy, frustrated, will not let her
win that easily so he pretends to watch the game on a blank TV screen instead.
16. This chapter goes to show that everyone subjects to the Big Nurse’s demands.
17. The Nurse with the necklace shows that she is Catholic. Chief describes
her grasping her crucifix firmly and praying. Mental illnesses were thought to
be contagious so she was likely praying to keep her health and discard the
guilt she felt for praying such a prayer.
18. McMurphy drastically changes the tone of group meetings from dull to
chaotic, but that’s not the only thing that changes. McMurphy ‘s entire demeanor halts when he realizes that unlike prison where you do your time and
your out, the Big Nurse completely has control. So in order to leave quicker,
McMurphy is on his best behavior.
19. This chapter is a glimpse of how crazy these patients truly are. This also
shows how scared the patients are of taking medication. They don’t know
what the meds will do to them.
20. Once again time is brought up. The Big Nurse’s hands are being described
as being white an floating over the control panel. White is perceived as clean
and perfect. The Big Nurse (in her mind) runs the ward perfectly.
21. Harding is being perceived by the reader as being gay. This problem may
be due to his wife’s obsession with flirting and forcing herself on other men
especially in front of Harding. She is also constantly putting her husband down
emotionally.
22. This chapter is a turning point for McMurphy. His whole attitude changes
when he realizes he can be held in the ward as long as the Big Nurse wants to
hold him. The boy’s attitudes also change towards the Big Nurse. They realize
there are some power issues and they wonder why.
23. McMurphy at heart is a free-willed man. He tries to follow and play along
with the Big Nurse and her rules but he can not handle it anymore. His character does not allow this. After some amusement to the Big Nurse he breaks
free of her reign and breaks the glass, ending his conformity.
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24. Chiefs ears were ringing at the beginning of the chapter as he was
anticipating something was going to happen. Of course he was right,
McMurphy broke the window. McMurphy is just trying to prove that he
still has control over the Big Nurse. Yet he is still sympathetic by trying
to talk to Chief.
25. McMurphy convinces George to become the captain. Chief catches
a big fish, making everyone feel ‘big’ and proud. They are like fishers of
men, at first they couldn’t believe McMurphy and his crazy ideas but then
gain faith when the men see the miracle of freedom.
26. Billy is skeptical with McMurphy so he asks if he can bring Candy
back for a date. McMurphy tries to help George and he retaliates so
McMurphy tries to be the middle-man and fights the opposers. When
sent up to Disturbed, the boys realize they will receive Shock Treatment. Chief becomes scared and his fog begins to appear again.
27. McMurphy has the option of admitting he was wrong and apologizing,
but he doesn’t so he receives several shock therapy treatments. Chief
only receives a couple, but McMurphy has repetitive treatments.
28 –29. Chief suffocates McMurphy out of sympathy and escapes tossing
the control panel portraying the overthrow of the Big Nurse. Chief
could not have the Big nurse win the final battle.
24. McMurphy becomes his old disrespectful self, he taught the
boys to play basketball and another window was put in with a
white X on it. The ball ‘accidently’ went through the window.
McMurphy planned a fishing trip. Chief daydreams back to his
childhood when people came to buy his dad’s land. One of the
black boys discovers chiefs wad of gum. McMurphy prompts
Chief into talking about his childhood and promises he will help
him grow big again.
Candy and the Boys go on a fishing trip. They face troubles
along the way, but still make it out on the lake. They spend all
day laughing, drinking and fishing, while gaining confidence.
The Big Nurse’s next plan was to get the patients wondering
and questioning McMurphy behind his back. Chief lifted the
control panel for McMurphy. All the boys had to take a special
shower because of the fishing trip. George refused, McMurphy
and Chief beat up the black boys. They are sent to Disturbed.
McMurphy brags about the fight, then has conversation with Big
Nurse. Chief and McMurphy go through Shock Therapy. Chief
is scared and has another childhood flashback.
Shock is not affecting McMurphy so he gets more. Candy and
the other hooker come to the party.
The next morning the boys are in trouble. Billy gets caught with
Candy and e kills himself. McMurphy assaults the Big Nurse and
he gets a lobotomy. After surgery Chief suffocates McMurphy
and flees the ward.
Important Quotations Explained
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Pg 41 “But an admission is a different
story. Even the best-behaved admission
is bound to need some work to swing
into routine, and, also you never can tell
when just that certain one might really
make a hell of a mess and constitute a
threat to the whole smoothness of the
outfit.”
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Pg 111 “’But I tried though’ he says, ‘God
dammit, I sure as hell did that much, now
didn’t I?’”
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Pg 118 “Being lost isn’t so bad.”
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Pg 136 “No. He isn’t extraordinary. He is
simply a man no more subject to all the
fears, the cowardice, an timidity any
other man is subject to.
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Pg151 “McMurphy is doing the smart
thing….”
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Pg 235 “All he has to do is admit he was
wrong, to indicate, rational contact, and
the treatment would be canceled at this
time.”
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The use of foreshadowing indicates the
whole mannerisms McMurphy uses along
with his manipulation and path of destruction he plans to leave behind him.
McMurphy gets upset because he doesn’t
understand why the boys don’t stand up
to the Big Nurse. He claims at least he
tries to change things.
Chief explains the comfort in being invisible.
The Big Nurse argues that McMurphy
isn’t anything special, just another bump
in the road in need of some grating.
Chief agrees with McMurphy’s change in
attitude in order to get out sooner. He
says that is a smart move on his part.
McMurphy will not give up his pride for
anyone, even if it results in great pain.
Key Facts:
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Kesey gained inspiration for
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the novel while working a
graveyard shift at a Californian mental hospital.
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First published in 1962.
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Kesey also lived in Oregon
most his life and was familiar
with the novels settings.
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reputably set in the Pendleton Mental Hospital. (Now a
correctional facility.)
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Kesey wrote four novels,
The movies for the novel
was filmed in Oregon’s State
Mental Hospital in Salem.
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Kesey was upset when the
film debuted because the
movie did not portray the
story through Chief’s perspective.
Can be considered a protest
novel or a countercultural
novel.
two plays, and four collections of essays and short
stories
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Psychiatry movement of the
1960’s.
The book’s hospital was
Enoch Powell (Minster for
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The film won five Oscars.
Health in early 1960’s) was
also an opponent for asylums
and spoke out about them
(Particularly his ‘Water
Tower’ speech).
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Kesey did not believe Jack
Nicholson was the one to
play McMurphy.
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Nicholson gained his recognition by playing the part of
McMurphy
One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s nest may also be
connected to the Anti-
Further Reading:
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Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
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Hell’s Angels:The Strange
and Terrible Saga of The
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
by Hunter S. Thompson
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Thompson
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Running with Scissors by
Augusten Burroughs
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Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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Novels of Barth by Kesey,
Pynchon, and Gaddis
Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas by Hunter S.
Study Questions:
1. Why did Bibbit
kill himself?
2. McMurphy
helped a group escape from a prison
camp in what war?
3. What does
Harding mean by the
statement ‘he is different’?
4. Why didn’t
McMurphy flee
when he had the opportunity?
5. Why did the men want
to talk to Mrs. Bromden
and not Chief Bromden Sr.?
6. How does Chief escape?
7. What is the significance
of the fog?
8. Why does the fog clear
and who helps it clear?
9. Why is laughter threat-
ened at the hospital?
10. Why does the nurse
believe the patients are
present at the hospital?
11. Being a large man, why
does Chief see himself as
small?
12. Why does Cheswick
commit suicide?
13. Why does McMurphy’s
attitude change?
14. At the moment McMurphy
breaks the window, what happens?
15. What did the men gain by
embarking on the fishing trip?
16. Why didn’t McMurphy admit he was wrong instead of
receiving EST?
17. Why did McMurphy receive a lobotomy?
18. Why did the patients continue to watch a blank screen?
19. What was the focus of the
basketball game?
20. What did McMurphy learn
while swimming from the lifeguard?
Essay Questions:
boxer shorts. (compare)
4. Explain the irony in the
role of the Big Nurse in society’s hierarchy.
5. What was and how did
Chief view the combine?
1. Argue if Chief maliciously or graciously kills
McMurphy.
2. Argue if McMurphy was
mentally insane.
3. What is the significance
of the whale on McMurphy’s
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The novel was written through whose eyes?
Who drowned in the pool?
What blurs Chief’s vision?
Who was McMurphy’s biggest competitor?
What sport did McMurphy teach patients?
What program did patients fight to watch?
In what room did the patients seriously start playing poker?
What trip did the patients go on?
Patients that seldom move from the bedside are called…
McMurphy did not volunteer to go into the mental hospital he
was…
Who lost their virginity to Candy?
Rub-a-Dub/Captain was also known as…
McMurphy received what surgery?
Chief attempted to move what?
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5. chief's chore
6. number of black attendants
7. mcmurphy helped chief gain his_______back
8. chief chews...
9. chief first talked to...
10. hookers and______are snuck into the ward
12. mcmurphy purposely breaks what object
13. patient who gets away at the end
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1. chief's disability
2. ward mcmurphy and chief are sent to
3. nurse wore_______to hide birthmard
4. man on night shift
5. electric________therapy
11. commits suicide