Many novels have been written on the subject of power and its attainment. Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, is the story of a man driven to insanity and unspeakable violence in his quest for it. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, concerns a young man trying to find himself and obtain some c...

Many novels have been written on the subject of power and its attainment. Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, is the story of a man driven to insanity and unspeakable violence in his quest for it. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, concerns a young man trying to find himself and obtain som...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey, is a novel written about the tyrannical control of a government-operated mental institution, and the struggle for freedom and self-confidence. The restrictions which are placed on the men are great, yet it on...