One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
He waltzed into the ward and introduced himself to every patient as a gambling man with a zest for women and cards. Randle P. McMurphy, a swaggering, gambling, boisterous redheaded con man, arrived at the ward from the Pendleton Work Farm. He was sentenced to six months at the prison work farm, but pretended to be insane in order to obtain a transfer to the hospital because he thought it would be more comfortable than the work farm. Bromden senses that there was something different about this new patient. After his first experience with the excruciating routine of the Group Meeting, McMurphy tells the patients that Nurse Ratchet is a genuine "ball-cutter." The other patients tell him that there is no defying Nurse Ratched because, in their eyes, she is an all-powerful force. True to his nature as a gambling man, McMurphy makes a bet with the other patients that he can make Ratched lose her temper.At first, the confrontation between Ratched and McMurphy provides some humorous entertainment for the other patients. However, McMurphy's confrontation soon becomes their confrontation as he draws them into the conflict by encouraging their rebellion. The success of his bet hinges on a
When the other patients sense that McMurphy is weakening, they urge him to escape. He tells them he will leave early in the morning after Billy has his date. He arranges a going away party for himself. While Billy finally enjoys the pleasure of sex with Candy, McMurphy and the other patients smoke marijuana and drink. However, when the time comes, McMurphy cannot bring himself to leave the hospital. Like the other patients, he has become unable to deal with the outside world. In the morning, Nurse Ratched finds out about their party and Billy's sexual encounter with Candy. When she threatens to tell Billy's mother, Billy becomes hysterical and commits suicide by slashing his throat. McMurphy attacks Ratched and rips open the front of her dress and tries to strangle her. In retaliation, she has him lobotomized. However, she has lost her tyrannical power over the ward. Her patients transfer to other wards or check themselves out of the hospital. Before he escapes from the hospital, Bromden suffocates McMurphy so that he can die with some dignity rather than living out his life as a vegetable. failed vote to change the television schedule so they can watch the World Series. The Series was on television during the time allotted for cleaning chores. McMu
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