<p>I'm reading One who Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. I have no idea what he's talking about.</p>
<p>Haha. What do you mean? It's a mental institute. ? In what aspect do you not understand it? I can explain, my class just read it.</p>
<p>think jesus christ? there are a lot of allusions to christianity.</p>
<p>^tons.....the book might be confusing at the beginning, and at certain parts, seeing that the narrator suffers from schyzofrenia...but once you get the hang of it there should be no problems, it is by far one of the best books I've read.</p>
<p>Part of the confusion is the person telling the story in the book, if i remember correctly. The point of view...</p>
<p>I can't remember when that is made clearer, but it makes for a great book. i LOVED it, and after you finish it, you will understand many allusions used.</p>
<p>Watch the movie. It flows easier and it's damn good. Don't cop out on reading the book though, because it's as good if not better than the movie.</p>
<p>It's "schizophrenia."</p>
<p>I disliked it, but I thought it was at least interesting.</p>
<p>The beginning is supposed to have a very blurry, messed-up feel... it gets extremely clear in the end though.</p>
<p>I didn't get any allusions to Christ until you mentioned it, but religious symbolism doesn't do anything for me anyway.</p>
<p>i liked the book. it was the first book i actually read (didn't use SparkNotes) for english class. basically, Chief Bromden sees the world as a combine (machine) that wants to control him. McMurphy is the thing that will beat the combine. Bromden sees the mental institute as the place where people are sent to be "fixed" because the hospital takes men who can't function in society and turns them into well functioning members of society. you get a very distinct view of the world from Bromden because people assume he is deaf and dumb. because of this, he gets to hear conversations that go on between nurses within the hospital and knows things that no other patient would know. bromden sees nurse ratchet as the controller of the combine because she controls the music, medication, and every aspect of the mens lives. to him, everything is a machine that is connected by wires to nurse ratched. i didn't like the movie very much. it left too much stuff out. </p>
<p>overall, the book is about nature vs. the machine. the nature is chief bromden because he is a native american and the machine is nurse ratchet.</p>
<p>Oh, I loved that book! Just stick to the book, suck it up and go. It all makes sense later.</p>
<p>The movie is so much worse than the book, which is awesome. It cuts out tons of things and adds characters that are only mentioned in the book, who don't actually take part in the action ( ex: Taber).</p>
<p>I'd say the book is generally about the individual vs the system, not nature...and truly I'd say that the individual is represented not just by Bromden, but other characters as well, mainly mcmurphy.</p>