One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest... Another one of the 1001 Books to Read. I also want to read this because the movie's suppose to be really good. Although my reading has been fairly sluggish this week, I've still succeeded in reading about 60 more pages of the book. So far, it's pretty great. There are a lot of references to machinery. It's a little odd how the narrator is a "deaf Indian" (He's actually Native American because he's not from India) but I think the protagonist is this McMurphy character. Nurse Ratched acts as the evil dictator of the insane asylum. McMurphy serves as her foil and is currently planning to spite her.
The creepiest passage in the novel so far has been the fog machine. The fog makes time slow down or speed up and fogs their reality. in essence, it's what makes them insane. But really, how insane are they? There appears to be nothing critically wrong with any of the men. McMurphy show signs of violence, and yes, he was involved in a alleged rape, but that in no way makes him insane. Plus Bromden (The "Indian"/Native American) is not insane either! In fact, he appears to be fairly intelligent. He causes no trouble for Nurse Ratched and therefore he's not abused. Plus, he hears a ton of conversations that he wouldn't normally if he didn't put on his deaf facade. It's a really interesting book so far. My dad said it had a sad ending (so far I don't think it's particularly sad) but I'm looking forward to the twist at the ending. I have an AP test tomorrow, so sleep sounds pretty good right now. Plus I need to remind myself about dreaded public policy. Ugh. I'm crossing my fingers for a 4.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 60 pgs.
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