ursery rhyme. (See: "TITEL") There are no further remarkable things to say about
             Kesey gives the reader an insider's view of the hospital by choosing as his narrator
             one of the patients, Chief Bromden. As the narrator, he really tells us more about himself than
             about any of the others, even McMurphy. Because of this, it made me really think about who
             really was the protagonist of the book. Because he (the Chief) is drawn to McMurphy, as are
             all the inmates, and during the course of the novel, the Chief learns from McMurphy who he
             is, and how to be himself. In effect, he has been "dead" form years and is being brought back
             to life. So this perspective, the Chief as narrator, was pretty much confusing me because it
             was very hard for me now to sort out which charachter was the central figure of the novel.
             The title of the book is clearly allegorical in its intent. The "cuckoo's nest" is the
             hospital, and the one who "flew over" it is McMurphy. The full nursery rhyme from which
             the title is taken is quoted in Part 4 by the Chief, as he remembers his childhood while
             awaking from a shock treatment. The rhyme was part of a childhood game played with him
             "Ting. Tingle, tingle, tre
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