Brief Summary Of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's '

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It’s interesting how we’re all human but the way we live and what we believe in can be so different. I find the explanation of why a mosquito buzzes in a person's ear and the common polygamy amongst the community very interesting. I find it interesting that they embrace polygamy, the more wives you have the richer it shows that you are. Not to mention the women accept it that their husband may have more than one wife. After reading this book it’s opened my eyes about many things. The savage things we see are not what the natives think are savage. It’s still rough to hear from their perspectives of the things they do, but they have their own reasons and belief. Such as that of the “evil child”. They mutilate the child and throw into the evil

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