One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Not too many books take you into the world of mental illness. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’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; a Nurse Ratched, has machine like control of everyone and everything in the ward. The …

…time. Ratched can’t fight against the humor because there really wasn’t anything wrong about it. McMurphy didn’t use force until he and Chief fought against the black boy. When they use some other power than humor Ratched could strike back. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a great story about how one man can change from bad to good and help other people. I highly recommend it to other people.