Billy's ending was very tragic. He slit his own throat when the Big Nurse threatened to tell his mom about the girls hes been sleeping around with. Th...

McMurphy has always had a following with the patients, but he realized it was solely because they felt safe with him rather than idolizing him. He dec...

At First I was rather confused as to why McMurphy didn't speak up and help Cheswick with the cigarettes meeting. However it all started to make sense ...

It seems to me that Nurse Ratched has control over not only the ward but herself. She's learned not to lose her temper and not supply a reaction to Mc...

I was very well aware of the stigma society had on mental institutions. Mostly because they haven't changed a ton since the 1900's. People one the out...

I really liked your explanation of the combine. It was really clear and easy to understand that concept.

In the past chief was part of his Indian tribe, but once he was placed in the ward, those smells became less and less frequent. McMurphy entered the w...

(c) The ward is an environment full of fear and sorrow. That’s how Kesey set the scene. The patients were abused into submission making them very de...

The big difference between Acutes and Chronics are Acutes are the ones to be believed can “still be fixed” ; whereas the Chronics “in for good.”(16)Th...