One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
This book takes place in a mental hospital and has some “interesting characters” so to speak theirs Chief Bromden who narrators the story, and he has a fear of what he calls the combine. Then theirs McMurphy who was transfer from a work farm and when he comes into the ward he has a swagger to him, a bad ass, smokes, chases women, and likes gambling a real “tough guy”. But if you seen the movie McMurphy’s played by Jack Nicholson from reading the book i pictured MCMurphy as a big tough guy. And Nurse Ratched a former army nurse who runs the ward, she seems to run the ward with and iron fist and she seems to have psychological power over all the patients but McMurphy. Billy Bibbit he’s in his thirty’s but he seems much younger and his mother runs his life and to make matters worst Nurse Ratched is friends with mother. Doctor Spivey who was chose by Nurse Ratched to run the ward. Theres a guy named Charles Cheswick who drowns committes suicide. Like i said this book has some interesting characters.
I think that the characters are also really interesting there is such a variety of people on the mental hospital and it really makes you wonder why they are there and why they do the things that they do.
↓ Quote | Posted December 10, 2006, 4:53 pmI also felt as if the characters in this novel were all very interesting and all very different. I liked how you compared McMurphy in the novel to the McMurphy played in the movie. One thing I noticed with the novel and movie is that in the novel I thought of Nurse Ratched as this lady that as soon as you looked at her she looked mean and like she could control you which is why i was surprised with the Nurse in the movie. In the movie she seemed nice and innocent. Thats something I noticed about that characters.
↓ Quote | Posted December 10, 2006, 8:00 pmEveryone in the ward is different in their own ways. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. I like your refrence to Jack Nicholson in the movie to McMurphy. Also the way you talk about Ratched and running the ward with “iron fists”.
↓ Quote | Posted December 11, 2006, 9:42 am