Born in La Junta, Colorado, the accomplished author Ken Kesey lived from 1935- 2001. Kesey earned a bachelor's degree at The University of Oregon and later studied creative writing at Harvard University. Although he received an exceptional education, Kesey later volunteered in a number of governmen...
Summary
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, a long-term patient in a psychiatric ward, narrates the events of the novel. The patients known as the "Acutes" are considered curable, while the "Chronics" cannot be fixed. The Chronics that can move around are "Walkers," and the rest are either "Wheelers" or "Vegetables." Nurse Ratc...
"Papa, they're foggin' it up again..." Thus begins the play "One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest," by Dale Wassermann. (Wasserman & Kesey, 1974) The
person uttering these words is Chief Bromden, a Native American inmate of
an institution for the mentally unstable. The best-selling nove...
TITLE:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
AUTHOR:
Ken Kesey, United States
FIRST YEAR OF PUBLICATION:
First published in 1962
NUMBER OF PAGES:
310
MAINCHARACTERS:
Randall Patrick McMurphy: A manual laborer, gambler and a con man, who is
admitted to the ward from Pend...
