This was a really good book. It took me forever to get into, and I struggled reading the first half for about a month, but then I was able to read the last half quite easily. Life in a mental institution in the 1960's must have been quite an adventure. Electro shock therapy, which now has been proven to have zero benefits, must have really sucked.
I liked that McMurphy stood up to the authority of the Big Nurse in every way that he could. In a way, I feel like this is what a lot of life is like: there's some authority figure or figures telling us how we're supposed to do something or how we're supposed to live life. And the reality of that? Most people follow along like lemmings, and even if they thought something was wrong in the beginning, they either get used to this reality, or forget they thought it was wrong and blindly obey. In the words of Rage Against the Machine: "Fight the war, Fuck the norm." Not that I'm some super radical or anything, but it's important to realize the detrimental effects of being a lemming all the time. Question authority. Individual thought is a great gift.
Anyway, great book, definitely recommended.
xoxo,
Blake
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