Ken Kessey "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Intery, mintery, cutery, corn, Apple seed, and apple thorn;, Wine, brier, limber lock,, Three geese in a flock, One flew east, one flew west,, And one flew over the cuckoo's nest.

The novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is written by an American writer Ken Kessey. This writer is considered to be  one of the major writers of beat generation and the generation of  hippies. I am reading this book at the moment, and it made quite an interesting impression on me. There are a few reasons why I would recommend this book to read, and the reasons are a great plot and both interesting and heavy text.

The plot is interesting because the action takes place in a psychiatric hospital, the hero-narrator, Bromden, nicknamed as the leader is pretending to be deaf and dumb in order to survive in the hospital. Most patients could leave the hospital, but unfortunately they are afraid of the outside world, and everything changes when appears rowdy McMurphy, who seek to awake in them confidence and a desire to life.

The text is heavy to read because of the speaking language. Not all old dictionaries  have words you would like to translate so you need to have a good knowledge of the language. The novel is very metaphorical with many long descriptions in it. It is my opinion that this text is the best variant for those who study English philology to enrich their speech.

To sum up, I want to say that unfortunately I haven’t finished reading this book yet, so I don’t have a formed final opinion, but even in the very beginning of the book there is a desire to read it to the very end. I think that when I finish reading I will definitely share my opinion with you.

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Hobby

Almost everyone have a favorite hobby, an occupation for which we dedicate all our free time.  Your hobby can be anything: knitting, cooking, wood carving or collecting items. My hobby is making sculptures.

I make sculptures since I have been in 11 form. I was always told that every person must have at least one hobby, because energy should be directed in the right direction. So it was my decision to do sculpture.

It had started a period of seeking books about sculpture. At school I was trying to find like-minders who would be also interested in doing sculptures, but all the kids were already having their own hobbies, so it was on my own.

At first my sculptures were not so big and they looked messy, but later I took the risk to make a big one and I’m proud of myself. I made a big sculpture for my arts exam made of foamed plastic and covered in gypsum. All the judges were amazed that I made it so big, because at first I said that it will be a small one. After all, it was a fun experience.

Today, when I look on my sculpture I am glad that I took the risk to make that sculpture, and I also found a hobby and everyone should try to find themselves in something they would like to do, in the future it will be really pleasantly to remember everything as if you are experiencing it all over again.