How Is Mcmurphy In One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

The movie, ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest’, is about a man named McMurphy, who is a criminal who has to be in jail, but is now moved to a mental institution because he himself acted mentally ill. He thinks that if he acts like that he does not have to be in jail, but can live freely in the metal institution. The Doctors want to evaluate him while he is there. A nurse in the ward, named Ratched, is in charge of the ward where McMurphy is in. He does not like nurse Ratched because he thinks that she is abusive towards her patients. He develops friendships with the patients there and does things that make them all happy. Nurse Ratched is getting angry at whatever he does to entertain others. For instance, McMurphy wants to watch a game show on the television but the nurse disagrees it by saying that they cannot change their regular schedule. McMurphy then shows his revenge to her by looking at the television and screaming with his friends like he is watching the game show. …show more content…
But as per the suggestion of nurse Ratched, they decides to keep him there until they think that he is completely cured. He teaches his friends how to play basketball while the nurse observes him. Once, during a counselling session conducted by nurse Ratched, a patient named Charlie was so upset by the limiting of the cigarettes they get. He got so upset that there a fight happened between McMurphy and the guards because McMurphy was trying to help Charlie to get cigarettes. By noticing the fight between McMurphy and the guards, Mcmurphy’s friend and his fellow patient, Chief, tries to fight with the guards to save McMurphy. So all the three are sent to electroconvulsive therapy. Followed by the suicide done by McMurphy’s friend, Billy, McMurphy tries to kill nurse Ratched, but she survives. The inmates were then confused about where McMurphy