1)The book begins with the introduction of Chief Bromden. Bromden wakes up as a patient in a psychiatric ward run by Nurse Ratched. He is a tall man who is perceived to be a push over. The 3 black aides take advantage of this and make Bromden clean. While Bromden is in the ward he pretends to be slightly deaf and dumb in order to obtain secret information. The ward in which Bromden lives in is divided into 2 groups. The acutes and the chronics. "The Acutes" are considered curable where as "The Chronics" are not (the group Bromden belongs in). While at the ward the patients seem to all have problems with masculinity and the women tend to be an overpowering factor.
2) The theme of the novel is The over powering factor of women. Women play a prominent role in the Cuckoo's Nest. And they seem to deprave the patients of their own masculinity due to the fact that the ward only treats men.
3) Paranoia is one of the main tones in the book.
-The patients all think that the nurses are out to castrate them all.
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4) Symbolism- The Electro shock therapy is a symbol that is used to set up an example to others that way they don't rebel against the person in command.
- Metaphor - The people refer to to ohers as machines.
- Narration - The book is narrated by kesey and bromden
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