One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

tags:
  - english
topic: OFOtCN
date: 2024-01-24

Setting: mental hospital/ward of some sort
R.P McMurphy (Mack) - the newest inmate/patient, committed
Acutes (those still sane) and Chronics (separated into Walkers, Wheelers and Vegetables)
Told from the point of view of Chief Bromden, a Native American 'Chronic'
The Shawshank Redemption similarities -

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p. 194

McMurphy discovers that the majority of the inpatients are voluntarily committed.

p. 217

Chief Bromden, the protagonist, reveals to McMurphy that he can speak.

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