I agree with you about McMurphy getting the best of Nurse Ratched even though he died. It's too bad he wasn't able to be around to see it. I also like...

The way you talked about Billy's death was a good explanation with context and relevance to today. It was truly a very tragic, touching death to read....

I agree that the group activities like basketball, the sports games they pretended to watch on TV, and the fishing trip helped the other patients get ...

I agree with your point about how McMurphy has a "big" influence and unintentionally just through his persona is able to rub off on the other patients...

I like how you talked about trust. That was very important to McMurphy because he thought the other patients should've told him before now so that he ...

I liked what you talked about in your second paragraph. Isn't it ironic that McMurphy wanted to come to the ward to get out of being at the work farm ...

My view is very similar to yours in that I would like to see McMurphy win but don't think he's going to. Nurse Ratched seems like she has more connect...

I like your phrase "perceived power." Yes, Nurse Ratched has a lot of control, but some of it is control the patients give her (intentionally and unin...

I like the way you put it when you said that society was throwing people in wards because they didn't know what to do with them. Like you were, I was ...

I like how you included McMuprhy singing carefree as another example of how he brought something new to the ward that the patients weren't used to. I ...

I agree with the points you made. It's like McMurphy brings a new perspective on the ward and it may be partly because he has more experience being ou...

Billy’s end was a tragic one. In some ways he got what he wanted: hooking up with a pretty girl and being included as a friend in that group of guys. ...

McMurphy has a really dominating presence in the ward, and he's beginning to make the other patients bigger as well. Some of it has to do with things ...

When McMurphy first came to the ward, he did everything he could to spite Nurse Ratched and get the best of her. However, he ended up learning that sh...

At the moment, I think Nurse Ratched is winning the battle for control over the ward. While McMurphy definitely has had a big impact on the ward (and ...