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Summary of One Flew over the Kukus Nst

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One flew over the cuckoo's nest written by Ken Kesey published in 1962. Novel based upon a
Native American man ‘Mcmurphy ’that pretended to be crazy to get through the situations which involved being deaf which lead home going into the asylum instead of jail. This had made him somewhat quit his addiction with gambling. Throughout the book it talked about Mcmurphy and the nurse and how he interacted with others in the asylum which was positive behavior and could lead him to have advantages over the asylum because of his connection with the nurse. This is important because this shows what type of person he is and actually how smart he is what person of their mind and state would think if they act crazy instead of going to jail would lead them into something way different but also bad for him cause it will lead him to nothing to look forward to because he's stuck in a crazy house all throughout his sentence. Mcmurphy being the inmate he is leaves the main nurse to struggle because he's overruling and when the other inmates see this they began to follow his action which the nurse struggles to take control. Also he has made the inmates gain self esteem by them now being able to stand up for themselves and have somewhat of say; and after this it has only gotten worse for Mcmurphy.
The chief learns that Mcmurphy is able to hear and everything was a lie so they began this treatment on him which is the shock therapy which is leads to his worst behavior. Mcmurphy and his actions stills begin to disrupt he sneaks woman into the ward and goes into the pharmacy to get different types of medication that are dangerous and then being the inmates they are falls asleep without cleaning the evidence they did ; sneaking out in the morning was a

mission of theirs but it didn't work. The nurse found out because one of the patients had the girl in his arm while asleep and when she says something to approach him Mcmurphy begins to attack leaving her injured. Later on in the story Mcmurphy death accused it wasn't no accident. Throughout this book it has only taught the reader that one bad action can lead into something way more bigger and badder. This was well written and had lots of details and how it is like living in a asylum. I believe the actions of Mcmurphy should've led him to jail and before entering the asylum do a check up on the patients.

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