Some people may argue that the people of the mental hospital were better off without McMurphy because their lives were "normal" and routine. Their daily routine guided them through a series of happenings, which were both comfortable and tolerable to them, even though as a result of this they would remain subject to the manipulative ways of Nurse Ratchet. These people would say that the "oppressive society" that they lived in may not suit everyone, but certainly suited them.

McMurphy, on the other hand, finds this setting to be suit

As we are first introduced to the characters, we as the reader meet Harding, a middle aged man, who wears glasses and basically keeps to himself, saying only what he feels need be said. "Miss Ratched is a veritable angel of mercy and why, everybody knows it. She's unselfish as the wind, toiling thanklessly for the good of all, day after day, seven days a week... Oh no my egomaniac buddy, she is dedicated, she gives every bit of herself, she desires nothing more to see us walk out of her adjusted and capable once more of coping with life," says Harding. What Harding does not yet know is McMurphy will prepare him for society much more than Ratched could ever possibly do. McMurphy is a figure of all that society is; blunt, sporadic, and unpredictable, unlike the predictable lifestyle the patients have in the hospital. Soon McMurphy encourages Harding to break the rules by exposing him to the gambling, which he has known so well from the outside world. " I am wagering that I can bug her so she comes apart at the neat little seams and shows you guys she ain't as unbeatable as you think," McMurphy says about Ratched. Harding gladly takes the bet and even puts odds on it "fifteen to five." McMurphy also gets Harding riled when he stages a pretend baseball on the television, Harding exclaims, " Run, you mother loving turkey, run!" knowing very well that he will anger Nurse Ratched. Just from a few days with McMurphy, Harding has become more independent and confident than he has been for the last dozen years. Towards the end of the play Harding has gained so much confidence and courage that he deliberately says, "Lady we think you are full of so much bull," to Nurse Ratchet, the woman whom he had feared for years. Slowly McMurphy is unintentionally building him up to the point where he can become adjusted the every day life and eventually re-enter the outside world.

Of all the people in the hospital, McMurphy had the biggest influence on Chief Bromden. When McMurphy first arrived he was told that the Chief was both deaf and dumb and incapable of interacting with other human beings. McMurphy didn't care, he treated Chief like anyone else, and eventually broke down the barrier which Bromden had been putting up for years. The first instance was when the vote for the World Series was going on amongst the patients. They had all of the votes for the majority that they needed, other

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