Introduction
Ken Kesey’s tragicomic novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, takes place in a mental hospital during the late 1950s. The book can be read […]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Plot Summary
A Part 1 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is the story of a few remarkable weeks in an Oregon insane asylum and the events […]
Characters
A Chief Bromden Chief Bromden is the schizophrenic narrator of the story, and has been in the mental institution since leaving the Army shortly after […]
Themes
A Individual vs. Society The main action of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest consists of McMurphy’s struggles against the strict rules of Big Nurse […]
Construction
A Point of View Kesey seems to follow a fairly straightforward course in unfolding the plot of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Except for […]
Historical Perspective
A The 1950s: Conformity and Change The late 1950s, the time period in which the book was written and set, saw the end of a […]
Compare and Contrast
Early 1960s: In 1962, the Cold War reaches its most fevered pitch during the Cuban Missile Crisis. U.S. President John F. Kennedy imposes a naval […]