In the book One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest by Ken Kesy. The author introduces a new character named Randel McMurphy, he is seen as the rebel of the instutuion because he refuses to follow Nurse Ratched orders. "He keeps up his high-class manners around the nursses and the black boys in spite of anything they might say to him." McMurphy's attitiude towards the staff in particulary to Nurse Ratched is peculiar to the patients of the hospital becuase they view the nurse as an all powerfull woman who cannot be taken down. Now McMurphy is promoting a rebellion against the nurse and her three helpers in order to gain control of the place. His character reminds me of your typical everyday manipulator who uses his smart mouth to get people on his side. This is exactly what McMurphy desides to do when he encourages the reat of the patients to go on strike with him.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Blog 1

In the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. The story takes place in a mental hospital, the main character begins by describing the patients, and the workers of the mental hospital. In pg.16 the author writes, "But there are some of us Chronics that the staff made a couple mistakes on years back." From reading this and how he has described the atmosphere of the hospital its pretty clear the hospitals main focus is not on the patients. In the quote above the word mistake is used to describe the outcome of the treatments being used on the patients has had on them. Its intresting how most mental institutions in real life or the ones portrayed in other books/movies are always almost seen as a place worse than prison. I find this ironic becuase mental institions are created in order to help people with mental problems but it seems like most of the instutions have the opposite effect on them