McMurphy vs. Nurse Ratched
As soon as McMurphy comes to the ward you can tell theres going to be conflict between him and Nurse. Nurse Ratched a women who loves the power and control that she has over everyone in the ward, knows shes going to have a problem with McMurphy. Heres McMurphy a con man, gambler, he has tattooes tough guy and all the patients think hes cool a real bad ass. McMurphy doesn’t understand why everyones afraid of a women so he makes a wager or a bet with the guys that he can get Nurse Ratched to lose her temper. McMurphy has the patients on his side and Nurse Ratched cant stand this if you ask me that when the conflict starts.
I agree you could really tell from the beginning that there was going to be a big problem between McMuphy and Nurse Ratched. It does seem so strange that all the men in the ward are so afraid of Nurse Ratched.
↓ Quote | Posted December 10, 2006, 4:56 pmI also think that the conflict gets worse when the patients start to listen to McMurphy and go against Nurse Ratched. Nurse Ratched hates that someone can have more control than her and that’s why I feel she did the lobotomy to McMurphy. She had to ruin his life before he totally gained control over her.
↓ Quote | Posted December 10, 2006, 8:04 pmI agree with your theme of “Power Struggle”. I believe thats the theme in the story between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched. And the patients definitely look up to McMurphy when he arrives because he is different.
↓ Quote | Posted December 11, 2006, 11:02 am