I still remember the first day he arrived at the hospital. He wanted to meet every single patient, he didn’t care if you were an acute or a chronic. I always knew he was a man with a plan, because one of the first things he said to us was that “[he] came to this establishment to bring [us] birds fun an’ entertainment” (Kesey 17). Because of Nurse Ratched’s strict rules, and cruel punishments the hospital was very dull and depressing, but his arrival changed everything. His presence made things more fun, and exciting “the acutes [were] grinning, not so uneasy anymore, and glad that something out of the ordinary’s going on” (Kesey 23), he didn’t need to do anything crazy, even the way he smiled or talked made would suddenly change the mood. McMurphy
