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I feel really stupid. I thought this book about a mental hospital. I saw the movie 25 years ago but all I recall is the final scene. When my SO's kid was assigned to read it in high school I thought it was an odd choice. Sheesh was I ever wrong!
Yeah, it's set in a mental hospital but it's about the dehumanizing aspects of industrial society. McMurphy, the Nicholson charater, is a Christ figure. The chief, the indian, the one who is larger than life but beaten down into submission, is the one to ...more
Yeah, it's set in a mental hospital but it's about the dehumanizing aspects of industrial society. McMurphy, the Nicholson charater, is a Christ figure. The chief, the indian, the one who is larger than life but beaten down into submission, is the one to ...more

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