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Well I believe the most obvious example of a trickster at work is in the story Amusements. This occurs when Victor and Sadie find Dirty Joe passed out on the ground at the park. When they find him there first instinct is too help him and take him where they are going so he will be safe and not get arrested. However when they find that this will be impossible Victor decides to put him on the rollercoaster and make a big joke out of all of it. This is when the trickster comes out because Victor could have done the right thing and helped Dirty Joe, or even left him there. But instead he decided to entice the situation and put him on the coaster where he could be ridiculed and get in trouble. He also could have even went back for him when he seen a crowd gathering but even then he just laughed and ran when he saw the security guards coming to get Dirty Joe. There were several time where he could have been decent and done the right thing but refused for the sake of amusement and making a fool out of Dirty Joe.

The conflict between the Big Nurse and McMurphy suggest a view of the world outside the hospital by basically saying there is more things in life then just what she says. The Big Nurse has the mentality that she is all for the ward and tries to keep the inmates sheltered out of everything but what she says, which is not the truth nor is it anything close to what is actually going on. No where in the book does she talk about current events with them, she basically keeps them sheltered for what she thinks is their own good, but then again maybe she is just trying to see just how powerful she is. I think the only reason she controls them is because they are in such bad shape psychologically and know no different. With them as incompetent as they are she could tell them that the Easter Bunny was real and they would all believe her with no questions asked. This happens up until McMurphy comes in and starts telling them all these other things that they never thought were possible. It is because of this that these people start acting normal and some of them eventually recuperate while the big nurse is gone.

I believe that Chief Bromden is healed when he starts speaking again. I believe this because I think it was always a security issue. He felt so small and weak that he was afraid to talk for fear that people would think of him as such. I think that McMurphy has a great influence on finally making Bromden a man. He helps him find out who he really is and what he can do by himself. When Bromden says he is too small to rebel we say that he is crazy and that he is the biggest and toughest person in the entire ward. I think that without McMurphy’s help Bromden would have never found himself and therefore he never would have helped anyone in the ward. Bromden and McMurphy played a big role in determining the future of the other innocent patients in the ward.