One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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Ken Kesey was born in 1935, in La Junta, Colorado. He attended Stanford University and later served as an experimental subject and aide in a hospital, an experience that led to his 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Ken Kesey was a significantly important influencer during the Beat Movement in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, his literary works focused on exploring the American culture and politics after a post World War era. One of his most popular works criticizing this movement was “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest”. Ken Kesey manifests multiple controversial topics in his novel “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest” as it criticizes the presence of authorities in our society. Kesey represents this by approaching a psychological and