Lauren Crom Post 3 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

This book is possibly the worst book that I have ever read.  I feel as though there is no plot in it whatsoever—and the only several “major” things ever happens; including the Nurse’s flip-outs and violent rampages.  Another major point in the book is the suspicion of Chief Bromden and that he is not actually deaf.  This could put a big twist on the story because the Nurse and everyone else is used to making fun of him right in front of his eyes, without even a second thought.  The Nurse is used to advertising everyone’s problems right in front of Chief Bromden, so if she finds out that he is capable of hearing and has heard almost every word she speaks about the place she despises yet works at, Chief Bromden could be in huge trouble! 

The nurse is the scariest character that I have ever read in a book.  She dominates over everything in a time when women didn’t have such power.  I find it interesting that the windowpane continually being broken and destroyed by the patients (for three times is was broken and then ordered to be repaired by the nurse).  At one point she replaces it with a piece of cardboard and continually stares at it, as if she could see through the pane of cardboard and watch over her insane patients.  This is her ultimate test—no one would ever defy her.  No one would dare of smashing her window.  No one would dare do anything that might set this beast of women off.  No one would dare do anything that might make his or her stay in the physic ward longer than the minimal sentence.  

Another aspect that I found interesting about this section of the book was the fact that Dr. Spivey let several patients out for a fishing trip.  Maybe the doctor is insane letting his insane patients out on a trip by themselves.  This is just a crazy idea that could lead these patients into a maze of trouble that doesn’t even have a solution.  The nurse is sneakier than ever in this scene—posting clippings up on her bulletin board about boats that have crashed and people gone missing from these crashes.  Despite every effort to persuade the men in her hospital that they are terrible people, I believe that the nurse is giving subtle hints that life belongs to one person and one person only—the man whose heart is beating in it.  Although she is portrayed as the antagonist, I believe that she has some hope for these people who she tries so hard to act like she hates. 

I hate this book more than any other book that I have ever read because of its twisted plot, and lack thereof.  The characters focus around hate.  The hate in this book reappears and disappears like a sine function’s path on the y-axis.  However, it is unpredictable who is going to become the next victim in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.  

In response to Hiren's last post, I also noticed that the fog machine made Bromden go insane! I think that McMurphey casts a spell upon Bromden... We'll have to wait and see what effects this spell has upon him.