The ward is like a pasture that has had sheep gnaw away at for years. The grass is brown and the land is becoming barren. The patients in the ward are the sheep, they need someone to guide them. They need someone to lead them out of Nurse Ratchet's control and into a pasture where they can roam free in lush, green pastures. Where they will be safe and not judged for being different. McMurphy, from Ken Kessey’s One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, is the shepherd these men need. He wants to free them from Nurse Ratchet and give them their free roam of the land. When McMurphy first arrived at the ward the men knew he was different. One of the very first things he does is defy the current ‘shepherd’ (Nurse Rachet) by shouting in a loud voice
