He made the parole board think he didn"t care what they thought of him by ceasing his "brown-nosing" (so to speak). He gave up trying, and gave up hope, so they set him free.

             For years Red had relied on that single tangy hope for parole and he clung to it for a while, but after a good amount of bright red DENIED stamps, he gave up. When he ceased to agree with the method of talking and living in hope colored water meant to convince the prison of a reason for parole and fermented into "gave up" colored oil. Only when he laid down did he float above and with his give up/submission, he went free, he conformed and he was left alone.

             Andy, on the other hand, never have up, never lost hope and never laid down to the system. He won"t regret that. Andy never conformed.

             It seems that unless the rebel resorts to violence, the only way for him to get heard or to change something is with a following and as we shall see, it is strength in numbers that sometimes is the rebel"s only weapon. Sometimes it is hard to build a following because of fear, etc., but with rebels even an army is sometimes not enough.

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             Who belongs in a coocoo"s nest? R.P. McMurphy, the up-tempo, confident, smiling radical odd-ball could by no means be considered insane, he clearly was a rational human being with a clear head. His actions defied written and implied rules and thus he was socially deviant, but to authorities he was disruptive and needed to be contained.

             "Aide Williams tells me, Mr. McMurry (mocking), that you"ve been somewhat difficult about your admission shower. Is this true? Please understand. I appreciate the way you"ve taken it upon yourself to orient with the other patients on the ward, but everything in it"s own good time, Mr. McMurry. I"m sorry to interrupt you and Mr. Bromden, but you understand, everyone.must follow the rules.".

             He tips his head back and gives a wink that she isn"t fooling him any more than I did, that he"s onto her.