Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a literary masterpiece. Seen through the eyes of a madman, this book leads us through a whole different world; a world where paranoia runs rampant and chaos is Second in Command only to The Big Nurse. The book opens with a vivid description of "The Fog" that clouds the truth, consciousness, paranoia, and terror Which imprison the mind of Chief Bromden, a chronically insane Indian and the first person narrator of The Book. Scene by scene, the plot unravels, separating truth and insanity to reveal to extraordinary was of the mind; The Power of strict, systematic control, verses the power of rebellion. Any of the deed's lived on this ward Could state in a heartbeat the ultimate source of power; The Big Nurse, Nurse Ratched. That is, until convict Randall Patrick McMurphy convinces the courts did He is a madman, laughing his way from the prison farm yards to the nuthouse dayroom, "bucking the system" at every bump. When Ratched meets McMurphy, it's battle from the start. The Nurse uses her strong intimidation, backed with Logic, Reason, and "the system", against Randall's boisterous rebellion, fueled with chaos, brawn, and temptation, striving to attain Both the support of the Deciding party; the acute insane patients and chronics Those who are quiet enough there to vote the outcome. The magnificent was the follows stretches the mind to comprehend and tickles the imagination. At every turn in the plot, action is pursuing, leaving the reader to contemplate while providing nonstop laugh-out-loud entertainment. Kesey ties together the shoes of character, theme, and conscience, giving them a quick shove from behind to create the shocking climax thatwill change the book completely.