The almighty power in charge of these patients is known as Nurse Ratched who is the oppressive and strict figure who represents modern day society. She has complete control over every aspect of the ward such as schedules and privileges. She is presented as a machine like figure in the mind of the narrator, Chief Bromden Along with Bromden and “The Big Nurse”, there is also Randal McMurphy who is an obnoxious, disobedient, loud and sexual figure who defies all norms and rules of the ward causing a great shift in mindset among the patients. Throughout this novel, Bromden observes and pays attention to everything that occurs around him. He presents several elements in the novel which pose extremely significant symbolic meanings such as cigarettes and keys.
The head nurse, Nurse Ratchet, is the main antagonist and the person most interested in attaining power. Nurse Ratchet is an evil lady who enjoys inflicting mental anguish among the patients in the institution; this pain is almost portrayed as a way to make herself feel better, feel superior. She brings up painful past events and shows absolutely no emotion or compassion for her patients. This coldness from Nurse Ratchet is what really enrages the patients causing them to rebel and repel her authority. Randle McMurphy is the patient at the Oregon institution that most rebels against Nurse Ratchet who in turn always tries to keep him in line as much as she can.
In the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, written by Ken Kesey, takes a place in a mental hospital. The narrator of the novel is Chief Bromden, the patients and institution staff assume that he is deaf and dumb. The patients in a mental hospital were controlled by Nurse Ratched who known as a Big Nurse. She is a cold and precise woman, and she is a head of the ward. Because Nurse Ratched put fear the patients’ heart, they obey her every demand.
In the first possible way that fiction can be used to tell the truth is by understanding and reading into or about the events in a fiction story. If you know the truth behind the actual story it is very revealing to how it is in reality. For example, in the story One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is related to Ten Days in a Mad House in the revealing way of how the patients are treated by the doctors and especially the nurses in the institutions. Both of the nurses were abusive and or either threatening. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ratched was the mean and threatening nurse who would tell her insane patients that they would electroshock therapy if they didn’t obey or if they were misbehaving.
When Nurse Ratched adds “For a while” this insinuates instantly before chief tells the story that something was done with Mr.Taber to restrict him from being a “Ward Manipulator”. This directly foreshadows what happens to McMurphy. ~ The treatment of “Ward Manipulators” is also a direct reaction from the Nurse to a disruption on her ward. The reaction is some type of medical treatment that you then learn is entirely uncalled for. It isn’t for the benefit of the patient but for the benefit of her authority over the
Similarly to Rosalynn, the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey, tells the story of an ordinary mental hospital patient, Randall McMurphy, who, through great leadership and persuasion, gives the patients the support to stand up to Nurse Ratched, who was the most feared doctor by all of the patients. Because of McMurphy’s strong leadership, the patients have the courage and support to fight for their freedom and individuality that Nurse Ratched took away from them. When McMurphy walks into the hospital day room, he clearly displays individuality because while everyone is standing in the corners, he makes sure to go up to everyone and introduce himself. “Hello buddy, what do they call you? My name’s McMurphy…”(18).
The main character R.P. McMurphy would be best described as the antihero, and Nurse Ratched would be the antagonist. Both characters have an important role so far because of how the ward responds to their actions. The conflict between McMurphy and Ratched is at the basis of the whole plot. Before McMurphy entered the ward, Nurse Ratchet ran the place the way that was most
He suffers from hallucinations and severe delusions that clog his worldview. He fears most of all a thing he refers to as “the Combine,” a corporation type thing that controls everything in society and forces people to conform to the certain society norm. He pretends to be deaf and dumb, almost to make himself appear invisible, which was difficult being that he was 6’7’’. The hospital is run by a woman by the name of Nurse Ratched, the novel’s antagonist, who Chief refers to as “the Big Nurse.” She is a former army nurse and runs her ward with an iron fist.
Chapter four heavily contributes to the novel because it is the chapter in which we are exposed to how the Big Nurse controls the mental institution, along with its staffing, resources and day-to-day activities. I will discuss how she uses this power to undermine the masculinity of the male patients and how her established matriarchy maintains a successful order in the institution. Starting with the staffing situation, I will analyze how the the Big Nurse maintains the usual order using the other nurses on the ward. Young Nurse Flinn talks with Nurse Ratched about McMurphy, a scheming new admission with a hidden agenda. The two discuss his motivation for wanting to wreak havoc in the ward.
While the male doctors are giving out a pat on the back about the sex with the co-workers. The female doctors attitude are very different than each others. Christina Yang is all about the surgeries and would give up anything to be involve in it. Izzie Stevens is completely different, she is very caring and get very emotional when it comes to her job. She cares much more than needed.