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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. By Ken Kesey. Background. Post World War II Sometime around the 1960’s Novel takes place at a mental ward in Oregon Author, Ken Kesey, was an employee at Menlo Park Veterans’ Hospital Talked frequently with patients whom he believed were not insane

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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  1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest By Ken Kesey

  2. Background • Post World War II • Sometime around the 1960’s • Novel takes place at a mental ward in Oregon • Author, Ken Kesey, was an employee at Menlo Park Veterans’ Hospital • Talked frequently with patients whom he believed were not insane • Sometimes did this under hallucinogenic drugs, LSD

  3. CHARACTERS • McMurphy

  4. Chief Bromden

  5. Nurse Ratched (Big Nurse)

  6. THEMES • SANITY VS. INSANITY • SEXUAL REPRESSION • ROLE CONFUSION

  7. Symbols/Motifs • The “fog” • Laughter • The “Combine” • Reference to size • Lobotomy/EST • Glass window

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