McAPUSH: Breanna Maldonado; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Breanna Maldonado; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The book I chose to read for the summer reading assignment is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The reason I chose this book is for one, none of the other choices for Option A really interested me. And two, I enjoy reading novels where there is a struggle against a higher power, which is exactly what is happening throughout this novel. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest takes place in a mental hospital, where the narrator of the story, Bromden, resides. Nurse Ratched, or "The Big Nurse" as they call her, has full authority over the mental hospital, and no one dares to challenge her. That is until Randle McMurphy arrives as a patient and being a gambler, takes a bet that he can get the best of Nurse Ratched before the week is up. But what he doesn't know is that this small bet will turn into an all out war that the rest of the patients belive is a lost cause. The descriptions Bromden gives of the mental hospital world are unlike anything I have ever read. If you haven't gotten a chance to read your summer reading book yet, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest will not disappoint!