A Child Called It
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The beginning of this story takes place in the present time of the 1950's in a mental hospital in Oregon. The main character of the book is Chief Bromden, or Chief Broom, who pretends to be deaf and dumb to hide his 6'7'' self. He's half Indian, and has been in around the ward since WWI, and seen everything there is to see in mental institution. Billy Bibbit is a man that stutters a lot from nervousness and anxiousness. His mother is overly involved and protective in his life, which lead to problems with his romantic relationships. Harding is another man that comes into play in the book; he is more of a "leader" of the acutes group, until McMurphy comes along. He went and graduated from college, he's a smart and well-read man. Cheswick is a man that, before McMurphy came along, was mostly ignored, but now that McMurphy is at the ward, he's more like a side-kick to McMurphy. He's all talk until McMurphy shows up. R.P. McMurphy is the mischievous......
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