One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey has a very deep and dark concept. Kesey creates many characters that are unique in their own way. Each has their own personalities that create the story into what is has become.McMurphy plays a huge role in the ward along with the patients. Due to McMurphy’s caring and brave nature, he is able to help the patients in the ward since the patients look up to McMurphy and see him as a role model and thus McMurphy can help each patient overcome their individual fears and become bigger as a person. McMurphy helps Billy with his self-confidence issues because McMurphy believes that Billy deserves to live his life without his mother reigning down on him and because he cares about Billy. Bromden is also saved
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Billy has a lot of issues which cause him to be in the ward. However, a lot of his issues arose due to the extensive time he spent in the ward as well as outside influences. Nurse Ratched is friends with Billy’s mother. His mother is a very overprotective figure in Billy’s life, causing him many self-esteem issues. “Billy's psycholinguistic handicap, a manifestation of an acute failure of self-confidence, is compounded by an egocentric, overprotective mother and by Nurse Ratched, who trades on both Billy's weakness and her friendship with Mrs. Bibbit.” (Porter) McMurphy is the perfect character to help Billy with his problems. McMurphy is someone who is outgoing and very confident about himself. He does wild and unpredictable manly things, which Billy wishes he could do. McMurphy is also known to have sex with a lot of women, a lot of times. Billy’s mother scares Billy to the point where he can not even imagine doing anything against his mother's will. Yet, McMurphy is able to influence Billy to help break through his fears. McMurphy is a role model to Billy, and often does little things like “let [the patients] win, and [everyone] watching the game knows it. So do the players. But there still isn't a man raking his pile of cigarettes ... that doesn't have a smirk on his face like he's the toughest gambler on the whole
Billy has a lot of issues which cause him to be in the ward. However, a lot of his issues arose due to the extensive time he spent in the ward as well as outside influences. Nurse Ratched is friends with Billy’s mother. His mother is a very overprotective figure in Billy’s life, causing him many self-esteem issues. “Billy's psycholinguistic handicap, a manifestation of an acute failure of self-confidence, is compounded by an egocentric, overprotective mother and by Nurse Ratched, who trades on both Billy's weakness and her friendship with Mrs. Bibbit.” (Porter) McMurphy is the perfect character to help Billy with his problems. McMurphy is someone who is outgoing and very confident about himself. He does wild and unpredictable manly things, which Billy wishes he could do. McMurphy is also known to have sex with a lot of women, a lot of times. Billy’s mother scares Billy to the point where he can not even imagine doing anything against his mother's will. Yet, McMurphy is able to influence Billy to help break through his fears. McMurphy is a role model to Billy, and often does little things like “let [the patients] win, and [everyone] watching the game knows it. So do the players. But there still isn't a man raking his pile of cigarettes ... that doesn't have a smirk on his face like he's the toughest gambler on the whole