One Flew Over the Cukcoos Nest

One Flew Over A Cuckoos Nest was written by Ken Kesey and published in the United States in 1962. (First Signet Printing, February 1962). Ken Kesey was born in Oregon on September 17th, 1935 in La Junta, Colorado. He was raised in a religious home and grew up believing strongly in Christian ethical thoughts and beliefs. He had three children with his high school sweetheart and attended University of Oregon with a degree in speech communications. Kesey became …

…by Nurse Ratched after they throw a party and Billy sleeps with a girl and is caught. The nurse is trying to make Billy feel guilty and scared, and it works very well. Billy gets very scared and commits suicide because of her. This is a terribly sad scene and brings out all kinds of emotion. It brings out great anger towards the nurse. This is a very strong book that I recommend to everybody.