1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest By: Ken Kesey Stefanie Clinton

2. Ken Kesey Born on September 17 th, 1935, in La Junta, Colorado Raised in Springfield, Oregon Attended Stanford University Served as an experimental subject and aide in a hospital ▫ Inspiration for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Wrote 5 novels, 2 plays, and 3 collections of short stories

3. Ken Kesey One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was turned into a film and won 5 Oscars ▫ Ken Kesey despised it and refused to watch it Involved in the Merry Pranksters ▫ Jailed for drug charges Eventually settled down with Norma Faye Haxby and their four children Died on November 10, 2001, in Eugene, Oregon ▫ Liver cancer surgery

4. Foundation Setting: Psychiatric ward in Oregon during the late 1950s/early 1960s Point of view: First person (Chief Bromden) Inspired by real-life experiences

5. Primary Characters Chief Bromden (A.K.A. Chief Broom) – narrator, chronic patient, feigns deafness and muteness Randall P. McMurphy – protagonist, acute patient, leader of the rebellion Nurse Ratched (A.K.A. Big Nurse) – antagonist, head of the ward, merciless Dale Harding – acute patient, reveals true pernicious nature of the hospital, has conflicting emotions Billy Bibbit – acute patient with a stuttering problem, childish, anxious

6. Secondary Characters Geever, William, and Washington (A.K.A. The Black Boys) – ward aides to Nurse Ratched, aggressive and obedient Doctor Spivey – coordinator of group therapy sessions, forms a bond with McMurphy Charles Cheswick – acute patient, easily influenced by McMurphy, feigns courage Pete Bancini – chronic patient, incoherent

7. Minor Characters George Sorenson – acute patient with an intense phobia of germs Sefelt and Frederickson – acute patients with epilepsy Scanlon – acute patient, violent Candy and Sandy – two girls that McMurphy knew beforehand, accompany men on their fishing trip and during their party Turkle – nighttime watchman Martini, Old Blastic, Ellis, Ruckly, Taber, Lifeguard, Rawler Chief’s Father Public Relations Nurse Pilbow

8. PART I R.P. McMurphy is checked into the psychiatric ward First group discussion is held ▫ Pete’s first outburst McMurphy makes an observation and confronts Harding about it McMurphy starts the rebellion: “I can get the best of that woman without her getting the best of me.” Chief begins to have hallucinations Defiance #1: walking around in the nude Defiance #2: musical demand  rejected and embarrassed  gets Dr. Spivey in on it Defiance #3: seize the meeting! McMurphy proposes a viewing of the World Series and he’s rejected ▫ Lectures the men about courage Defiance #4: World Series vote again  defeated  McMurphy hassles Chief  Chief raises his hand  WIN Defiance #5: sit and watch a blank television screen

9. PART II Nurse Ratched holds a meeting about McMurphy Men take a trip to the pool ▫ McMurphy talks to the Disturbed lifeguard and has a horrifying realization Another group session is held and for the first time, McMurphy says nothing Cheswick commits suicide McMurphy is infuriated  Defiance #6: break that woman’s window

10. PART III McMurphy proposes a fishing trip Chief speaks for the first time... To McMurphy ▫ McMurphy promises to make him strong FISHING TRIP!

11. PART IV Nurse Ratched orders everyone to be cleaned George is afraid and is bullied by the Black Boys ▫ McMurphy and Chief square up with the aides  sent to Disturbed  electroshock therapy McMurphy and Chief are sent back down and throw a party Nurse Ratched finds out Billy commits suicide McMurphy strangles Nurse Ratched McMurphy receives a lobotomy Chief suffocates McMurphy and escapes into the sunset

12. World Series Vote https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=C9jAsPwvg ms

13. Themes Power Rebellion Masculinity Conformity Madness

14. Symbols The fog Cigarettes The control panel

15. Connections in Pop Culture/Literature The Hunger Games ▫ Symbol of the Mockingjay ▫ Rebellion and revolution

16. Quotes “But I tried, though...I sure as hell did that much, now, didn’t I?” “The flock gets a sight of blood on some chicken and they all go to peckin’ at it, see, till they rip the chicken to shreds, blood and bones and feathers.” “But at least there’s that: they are sick men now. No more rabbits, Mack.”