One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel) is Ken Kesey's 1962 classic American novel set in a psychiatric hospital, exploring themes of individuality, institutional control, and rebellion through the conflict between patient Randle McMurphy and the authoritarian Nurse Ratched.
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Target entity: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel) Context triple: [One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, basedOn, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)]
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, acclaimed for its powerful critique of institutional psychiatry and its sweep of the five major Academy Awards.
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf is a powerful New God warlord from Apokolips who serves as a primary antagonist in DC Comics and its film adaptations, notably battling the Justice League.
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The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath that portrays a young woman's descent into mental illness amid the pressures and expectations of 1950s American society.
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Awakenings
Awakenings is a 1990 drama film, based on Oliver Sacks' memoir and starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, about catatonic patients temporarily revived by a new drug.
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Marvin's Room
"Marvin's Room" is a 1996 American drama film featuring Leonardo DiCaprio alongside Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton, centered on a fractured family's reconciliation in the face of terminal illness.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel) Target entity description: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel) is Ken Kesey's 1962 classic American novel set in a psychiatric hospital, exploring themes of individuality, institutional control, and rebellion through the conflict between patient Randle McMurphy and the authoritarian Nurse Ratched.
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A.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, acclaimed for its powerful critique of institutional psychiatry and its sweep of the five major Academy Awards.
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B.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf is a powerful New God warlord from Apokolips who serves as a primary antagonist in DC Comics and its film adaptations, notably battling the Justice League.
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C.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath that portrays a young woman's descent into mental illness amid the pressures and expectations of 1950s American society.
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D.
Awakenings
Awakenings is a 1990 drama film, based on Oliver Sacks' memoir and starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, about catatonic patients temporarily revived by a new drug.
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E.
Marvin's Room
"Marvin's Room" is a 1996 American drama film featuring Leonardo DiCaprio alongside Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton, centered on a fractured family's reconciliation in the face of terminal illness.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975 film)
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linked to:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (play) ⓘ |
| antagonist | Nurse Ratched ⓘ |
| author | Ken Kesey ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Randle McMurphy vs. Nurse Ratched ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Billy Bibbit
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Dale Harding ⓘ Doctor Spivey ⓘ The Black Orderlies ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
fog
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machinery and the Combine ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
electroshock therapy
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lobotomy ⓘ the control panel ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ken Kesey's experiences in a veterans hospital
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Ken Kesey's participation in government drug experiments ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | counterculture literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered a classic of 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Nurse Ratched
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Randle Patrick McMurphy ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Chief Bromden ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of psychiatric institutions
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portrayal of authoritarian power structures ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Randle Patrick McMurphy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
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linked to:
The Viking Press
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| setIn | Oregon ⓘ |
| setting | psychiatric hospital ⓘ |
| theme |
conformity vs. freedom
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dehumanization ⓘ individuality ⓘ institutional control ⓘ mental illness ⓘ power and authority ⓘ rebellion ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | nursery rhyme line "One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo's nest" ⓘ |
| toldFromPerspectiveOf | Chief Bromden ⓘ |
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Academy Award for Best Actress for Louise Fletcher
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