One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a patient's perspective of life in a New York mental ward. This patient, named Bromden, is perceived to be deaf. However, this is proved false at the very beginning, as he narrates the story while listening to everything that goes on. When Randal McMurphy arrives, he makes his presence known as a insubordinate patient, not afraid to challenge the previously powerful Nurse Ratched's authority.  Over time, the patients in the ward go through a transformation from being completely dependent on the Nurse, to becoming a capable group of self-reliant men.  

So far, I'm enjoying reading this book.  Bromden's first-person perspective really helps me feel like I'm inside the story. At the same time, Bromden acts simply as an observer for much of the story due to the ward believing he's deaf.  This allows for an unbiased description of the events throughout the first half of the book.  I enjoy the unique way that the  book was written, capturing the way Bromden may have spoke.  However, it was easy at times to forget that he was a mental patient that had intermittent hallucinations.  This made it confusing for me to read, as I was never sure what was real and what wasn't. Regardless, Bromden's perspective made the story strange and mysterious, which I found enjoyable.