In Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the nurse in charge of the psychiatric ward takes control of all the patients by the means of passive/aggressive leadership. When McMurphy was on the psychiatric ward, he and the patients weren’t allowed to watch the TV at the precise time Nurse Ratched, the nurse in charge, scheduled TV for. He then tries to get a vote going to see if he can get the patients to watch the World Series, but almost none of the ward patients were jumping at the chance to undermine her authority in fear of the punishments. Eventually, he gets enough people, but she did not change the time. In retaliation, his group of patients acts like they are enjoying the World Series, when in reality the screen is blank (Kesey 111-113). The way McMurphy rebelled against Nurse Ratched demonstrated that he is unhappy with the current ruleset and that he would like to see the situation
In Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the nurse in charge of the psychiatric ward takes control of all the patients by the means of passive/aggressive leadership. When McMurphy was on the psychiatric ward, he and the patients weren’t allowed to watch the TV at the precise time Nurse Ratched, the nurse in charge, scheduled TV for. He then tries to get a vote going to see if he can get the patients to watch the World Series, but almost none of the ward patients were jumping at the chance to undermine her authority in fear of the punishments. Eventually, he gets enough people, but she did not change the time. In retaliation, his group of patients acts like they are enjoying the World Series, when in reality the screen is blank (Kesey 111-113). The way McMurphy rebelled against Nurse Ratched demonstrated that he is unhappy with the current ruleset and that he would like to see the situation