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 which is run by Nurse Ratched who
             has machine like control of everyone and everything in the ward. The only hint of her humanity
             is the fact that she possesses very large breasts, which she keeps tucked away under her
             neat-as-a-pin white uniform. The Chief has been there longer than anyone except for Nurse
             Ratched. He uses this to his advantage by making the other people in the ward think he is deaf
             Life in the ward is quiet until a new patient is admitted. His name is Randle P.
             McMurphy and he is a redheaded brute who smells of sweat, work, dirt and dust. He starts in
             by disrupting everything familiar in the ward, the silence, the admitting showers, and the way the
             black boys bully the patients around. He quickly makes friends with everyone including the
             Chronics who are vegetable like patients. McMurphy is a gambling man who insist that he
             wanted to come to the ward for an easier life than the one he had at work camp where he
             previously stayed. One of his first bets with the other patients is to make Ratched lose control
             of the ward. McMurphy leads the patients through numerous confrontations with the staff. He
             soon learns he can't leave the hospital without Ratched's approval, so he begins to obey her
             rules. By raising hopes he hasn't fulfilled he leaves the patients worse off than before. One
             patient named Cheswick becomes so depressed he drowns himself.
             McMurphy plans a fishing trip for the ward and talks to Chief (Broom) Bromden about
             it. The Chief speaks for the first time in years about the Co
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