Ken Kesey September 17, 1935

2. Ken Kesey September 17, 1935

3. -was published in 1962 - it was adapted into a Broadway play by Dale Wasserman in 1963, as well as a 1975 film, which won five Academy Awards -TimeMagazine included the novel in its "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005" list.

4. MAJOR CHARACTERS ● Chief Bromden- the novel's narrator- a large Indian who pretends to be deaf and dumb ● R. P. McMurphy- the hero of the novel ● The Big Nurse- Also known as Nurse Ratched ●Billy Bibbit- A young man with a stutter who lives in fear of his mother ●Harding- An effeminate man with beautiful, dancing hands

5. MINOR CHARACTERS ● Mr. Turkel: The night aide, and the only sympathetic black character in the novel ● Doctor Spivey: The doctor who works at the ward. He is just as afraid of Nurse Ratched as the rest of the patients ●Sefelt: An epileptic. He gives his medication to Fredrickson because he doesn't want the side effect ●Candy: One of McMurphy's female friends, a prostitutefrom Portland. . Billy loses his virginity to her ●Sandy: Another prostitute and friend of McMurphy

6. PLOT

7. Themes Humor Power and Control Women

8. Metaphorical elements The Hospital- offers inmates a sense of security at the cost of their freedom Nurse Ratched- ruler of this secure world R.P. McMurphy- represents revolution against authority Electro shock therapy- the obligatory crucifix scene, as McMurphy says Billy Bibbitt- is McMurphy's Judas

9. Title The title of the book is a line from a nursery rhyme

10.  Let’s play!  • Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn,Apple seed and apple thorn,Wire, briar, limber lockThree geese in a flockOne flew EastOne flew WestAnd one flew over the cuckoo's nest ●Who do you think escapes the ward? ●Who do you think killed McMurphy? ●Who is the insane one in this novel?