I Went Cuckoo For One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

I LOVED OFOTCN (thats the abbreviation). It was by far the best book i have read all year. I will admit that at first it took some getting used to, with the weird narration of Chief Bromden, constantly flashing back to memories of his childhood, but, as the story progressed, i felt attached to the characters, really visualizing McMurphy and the Chief and Billy Bibbit and Harding and the whole gang. I found the symbolism easy enough to understand too, without all the detailed analysis of the class next year. I can not wait to see the movie now, which apparently swept the Oscars in 1975, being only the second movie ever to do that. The first i do not know, but the third was Silence of the Lambs. Anywayyyy, really loved the book, and i am glad i did not have to drag it out to a class pace, over analyzing until i lose interest, like most class books, except for a select few like Catcher in the Rye and Lord of the Flies, where i found the analysis interesting. I was almost sad when i was through, because of the connection i felt with the characters, and the way the story ends. It was disheartening to see MsMurphy after his lobotomy, such a difference from the fun loving, gambling large Irish jokester i came to know. It was also sad that Billy had to kill him self and everyone else leave the ward, but it all came together at the end when the Chief "flys the coop", in the way his dear friend had taught him.