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(5 pp). On one level this book is about society's
dislike for, and eventual destruction of the
unrepentant non-conformer. But on another level it
is exactly what the story line portrays - a
brilliant look at the abuse, oppression and even
murderous nature of the modern "mental-health"
system. Action plays out through the conflicts of
McMurphy and Nurse Ratched.
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level it is exactly what the story line portrays - a brilliant look at the abuse, oppression and even murderous nature of the modern "mental-health" system. Action plays out
between the narrator, a shell-shocked Indian, the lively and energetic McMurphy and the domineering and less than humane controller of the ward, Nurse Ratched. The Novel - The initial
instinct one would have before reading One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, would be, that it is a story about the life of an individual that makes their home in
a mental institution. This instinct is quickly proven wrong when the reader learns about the people that make up the novel. The author, Ken Kesey places his assortment of odd
fellows and a narrator in a mental institution in Oregon. All are, either inmates or employees, of the institution. Two characters, con-man Randal P. McMurphy who
has committed himself rather than doing time at the prison farm, and Nurse Ratched, "the Big Nurse, in charge of the ward or section where these characters live. Kesey uses
two of these characters to develop a conflict that sets the tone and is heavily played out throughout the novel. This becomes the classic struggle between good and evil, or
the micro and macrocosm of the "healthy" American Society. Power conflicts Indictment against the mental health institution begins when we learn in chapter three that some patients have the
possibility of reclaiming their "sanity." Others actually get worse under institutional care. The social criticism of the events in the novel in general involves the idea that the
institution is a microcosm for the rest of society, but Kesey also makes the explicit connection between the institution and other societal organizations. The mental institution is meant to repair
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