Nurse Ratched views McMurphy as a clog in her machine. A rattle that could collapse her entire machine that she defines her life 's work. She views him as a lowlife, that has entered the ward to rob the inmates of their money. She is not amused, nor accepting of McMurphy as a human and tries to derail him any chance she can get. McMurphy and Chief see that while Nurse Ratched is the root of the inmates fear, it is them that have lost the will and the drive to live. The inmates themselves are their own worst enemy, consuming themselves in this community of fear and cowering, unsure of how to live and how to function on their own. Both Candy and Vera are described as beautiful women, who have a knack for capturing the attention of the men in the ward. While Vera is married and Candy is not, both are shown as easy going women who are always looking for fun and good times. McMurphy is drawn to each of these women as they are the type of women he has been associated with his whole life, thus he feels comfortable and at ease when around them. Chief depicts Mrs. Bibbit as one of the root causes of Billy’s mental effects. Mrs. Bibbit sentences Billy to a life where he must live constantly to her expectations and with her friendship with Nurse Ratched, she keeps a constant eye on Billy. Her hold on Billy is evident in how Nurse Ratched wields the idea of Mrs. Bibbit’s disappointment to cause Billy anxiety, causing him to take his own life. Chief views his own Mother as having the