There was conflict as some strived for anti-communism which gave rise to the Anti-communist party. Freedom of speech was also suppressed in all areas including the mental institution. Nurse Ratched, a former Army nurse whose principal tactic of control is emasculating to male patients, successfully controls the ward by carefully selecting staff who would be submissive to her. Nurse Ratched in a way acted like the McCarthy "representatives", where the patients are seen as citizens of the public, having their every word and movement under extreme supervision. This made the institution seem like a dictation as she tried her best to assert her dominance in the
There was conflict as some strived for anti-communism which gave rise to the Anti-communist party. Freedom of speech was also suppressed in all areas including the mental institution. Nurse Ratched, a former Army nurse whose principal tactic of control is emasculating to male patients, successfully controls the ward by carefully selecting staff who would be submissive to her. Nurse Ratched in a way acted like the McCarthy "representatives", where the patients are seen as citizens of the public, having their every word and movement under extreme supervision. This made the institution seem like a dictation as she tried her best to assert her dominance in the