Helpful Score: 1
This is a very special book to me. Not only is it well written, poignent, and great fun to read, it had a profound impact on my life, when I read it during my puberty.
It is about McMurphy, who is a lusty, brawling, fun-loving man sentenced to prison, who acts crazy so he can get sent to a mental hospital (thinking it will be an easier "time" to serve).
He ends up fighting the system, which is designed to keep people feeling small so they will stay orderly, and fighting for the rights of his fellow patients, as well. Of course, the mental hospital is wonderfully symbolic of society at large, and McMurphy's fight is doomed from the start.
It is about McMurphy, who is a lusty, brawling, fun-loving man sentenced to prison, who acts crazy so he can get sent to a mental hospital (thinking it will be an easier "time" to serve).
He ends up fighting the system, which is designed to keep people feeling small so they will stay orderly, and fighting for the rights of his fellow patients, as well. Of course, the mental hospital is wonderfully symbolic of society at large, and McMurphy's fight is doomed from the start.
