One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Character Analysis

The concept of undertaking the role as a boss had an influence on all characters in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. Throughout the story, the characters face hardships, all stemming from someone accepting their status as the boss. Life gets strenuous for the patients as they fight the system some have lived in for years, just to hold power over forces taking too much control of their lives. Essentially, at the end of the story, the characters exertion to be in control of themselves leads to many different outcomes. Some as great as freedom and others as unfavorable as death.
The biggest character involved in the creating the conflicts that stirred from patients gaining power was McMurphy. McMurphy put his life on the line to gain the

McMurphy was a new admission to the hospital with a bold personality. He had no problem talking to everyone, even chief despite receiving no verbal communication back. He was friendly with all the patients, even the nervous acutes. But he wasn't fond of the big nurse and the Black Boys, McMurphy could sense the power they had as soon as he began to settle in. They control almost every aspect of the patients lives to them eating, showering, even where they sit. “Each stays on his own side of the day room. The way the Black Boys wants it.” (pg 21). As McMurphy begins to calibrate to his surroundings the more outspoken part of him begins to really show. He began to bring himself to the same level of authority that the nurse was on. With each new day, he found a new way to irk her and push her limit. From gaining more popularity and influencing more people to push the nurse's strict daily arrangement in the hospital, McMurphy has also acquired friendship from the patients. His