One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a film about a man, Randle McMurphy, who faked being mentally unstable in order to finish his jail term in a mental hospital. The antagonist in this film is the woman who runs the ward, Nurse Ratched. She is portrayed as a calculating woman who has a compulsive need to dominate others, especially the patients. Before McMurphy was admitted to the facility, the other patients meekly complied with what Nurse Ratched told them to do. When McMurphy arrives, however the ward started to see rebellion. McMurphy rebels against Nurse Ratched and uses the other patients to do so. Nurse Ratched knows what he is trying to do so she manipulates the people around her to fight back.
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He invites Candy and her friend over, and of course they bring alcohol. McMurphy sneaks the girls and booze in with the help of the orderly that was working that night, Turkle, who is only interested in Candy’s friend. While Turkle is in a different room with the woman McMurphy wakes the other patients and they have a party. By the end of the night McMurphy decides to help Billy out by sending him and Candy into a room together. McMurphy thinks that if Billy loses his virginity he will be much more confident. McMurphy could have escaped the facility through an open window, but he decided to help Billy out, and then he falls asleep. The next morning Nurse Ratched comes to work and sees the aftermath of the party. She gathers all of the patients in front of her and realizes that Billy is missing. They search every room and find him in one of the rooms with Candy. Billy comes running out and the audience can see from the smile on his face that he has more confidence. The audience can also see that Billy has more confidence because when he first runs out after Nurse Ratched he is not stuttering. He says, “Um I can explain everything,” without a stutter. Even this simple sentence would have been difficult for Billy to say before. Nurse Ratched asks, “Aren’t you ashamed?” and Billy replies, again without a stutter and with a smile on his face, “No I’m not”. Unfortunately, Nurse Ratched knows exactly what
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He invites Candy and her friend over, and of course they bring alcohol. McMurphy sneaks the girls and booze in with the help of the orderly that was working that night, Turkle, who is only interested in Candy’s friend. While Turkle is in a different room with the woman McMurphy wakes the other patients and they have a party. By the end of the night McMurphy decides to help Billy out by sending him and Candy into a room together. McMurphy thinks that if Billy loses his virginity he will be much more confident. McMurphy could have escaped the facility through an open window, but he decided to help Billy out, and then he falls asleep. The next morning Nurse Ratched comes to work and sees the aftermath of the party. She gathers all of the patients in front of her and realizes that Billy is missing. They search every room and find him in one of the rooms with Candy. Billy comes running out and the audience can see from the smile on his face that he has more confidence. The audience can also see that Billy has more confidence because when he first runs out after Nurse Ratched he is not stuttering. He says, “Um I can explain everything,” without a stutter. Even this simple sentence would have been difficult for Billy to say before. Nurse Ratched asks, “Aren’t you ashamed?” and Billy replies, again without a stutter and with a smile on his face, “No I’m not”. Unfortunately, Nurse Ratched knows exactly what