Is Mcmurphy Portrayed In One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest tells the story of how Nurse Ratched’s barbaric leadership over a mental hospital ward comes to an end. From the point of view of Chief Bromden, a patient in the asylum, he recounts how it all begins when Randle McMurphy arrives at the hospital. The ward may appear to be run by a kind, gentle persona on the outside; however, McMurphy quickly sees the reality of the situation under the mask that Nurse Ratched puts up. The issues of her patients are not being resolved, and there is no progress being made either. Nothing changes until McMurphy shows up with his outgoing and fearless demeanor. As he spends more time in the mental hospital, Nurse Ratched’s power slowly unravels. He also helps the patients in the asylum in a way Nurse Ratched cannot. McMurphy helps them understand their illnesses more, leading them to how they can be fixed. Most of the residents of the mental asylum remained

Nurse Ratched’s intent is to keep all of the residents in the hospital under her rule, because she believes that she is helping them in a sense. She does not think that they belong in society, thus nothing beneficial for them is being done, at least not until McMurphy challenges the system. If they never get better, they never leave. Every day, meetings are held where Nurse Ratched addresses an issue with one of the members and implicitly encourages the others to attack the victim. They are supposedly “helping” the patients, when in reality they are just belittling one another in an effort to build themselves up. These meetings serve to further degrade the victim and their confidence. “Is this the usual pro-cedure for these Group Ther’py shindigs? Bunch of chickens at a peckin’ party?” (Kesey 51). McMurphy describes the meeting as a “pecking party” because everyone is quick to attack the one with its flaws out in the