The title of the book is a line from a nursery rhyme:
Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn, Apple seed and apple thorn, Wire, briar, limber lock Three geese in a flock One flew East One flew West And one flew over the cuckoo's nest
Chief Bromden's grandmother sang a version of this song to him when he was a child, a fact revealed in the story when the Chief received yet another ECT treatment after he assisted McMurphy with defending George, a patient being abused by the ward's aides.
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The Question and Answer section for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The Chief's Santa Claus tale is significant because it shows us that the Combine is capable of changing even an innocuous, innocent individual from a happy and content man into a conformist. This is part of hus argument that the Combine cannot...
Nurse Ratched is setting the stage for a lobotomy.
What is a “manipulator”?
a person who controls or influences others in a clever or unscrupulous way. Nurse Ratched manipulated the men on the ward to feel powerful.
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