Nurse Ratched And Mcmurphy Analysis

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Nurse Ratched and McMurphy had many disagreements throughout the movie, especially over control. Nurse Ratched likes to run a tight ship, and have everything orderly to keep patients in line. McMurphy on the other hand, likes to live day to day, and slightly antagonize Nurse Ratched. McMurphy also do not like to conform to the rules, as much as Nurse Ratched insists on him doing. Nurse Ratched would strongly disagree with McMurphy’s message on standing up for yourself, and to just live life. She would think that standing up for yourself is wrong and that they need people to take care of them since they are “insane.” If they tried standing up for themselves than she would have no control over the patients. She would also disagree that you should

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