Ratched often picks on men making them feel uncomfortable and awkward. By doing this, she ensures that control and power will demean and diminish the men in the ward. Nurse Ratched fears that McMurphy is potentially taking her power and ability from the ward. Her title is a head nurse which she takes as giving self-empowerment. When the Public Relation man is walking around giving a tour he explains, “[he] chose this ward because it’s [Nurse Ratched’s] ward” (Kesey 37). He interprets it as if Ratched has ownership of the ward due to her assertive attitude. He sees Nurse Ratched as the women who possesses the men and has the potential to do what she pleases, giving her reassurance that she is well-liked by others giving her more power. Nurse Ratched is also liked by Billy Bibbit’s mother, therefore giving her control and bullies him. When Nurse Ratched finds Candy, the prostitute, in his bed she becomes angry when she walks in to both of them in bed. He gets embarrassed when he realizes that Big Nurse had just seen them. Nurse Ratched, given that she is an old friend of his mother, threatens Billy that she will tell his mother of his
Ratched often picks on men making them feel uncomfortable and awkward. By doing this, she ensures that control and power will demean and diminish the men in the ward. Nurse Ratched fears that McMurphy is potentially taking her power and ability from the ward. Her title is a head nurse which she takes as giving self-empowerment. When the Public Relation man is walking around giving a tour he explains, “[he] chose this ward because it’s [Nurse Ratched’s] ward” (Kesey 37). He interprets it as if Ratched has ownership of the ward due to her assertive attitude. He sees Nurse Ratched as the women who possesses the men and has the potential to do what she pleases, giving her reassurance that she is well-liked by others giving her more power. Nurse Ratched is also liked by Billy Bibbit’s mother, therefore giving her control and bullies him. When Nurse Ratched finds Candy, the prostitute, in his bed she becomes angry when she walks in to both of them in bed. He gets embarrassed when he realizes that Big Nurse had just seen them. Nurse Ratched, given that she is an old friend of his mother, threatens Billy that she will tell his mother of his