The mental institution always seems to have a mysterious hum and cleanness to it that it can be described as a place where dreams are held. Unfortunately, this place is more like a nightmare due to the Big Nurse who sees to everything running her way. She is a powerful individual, with more backbone than the ward's doctor, Mr. Spivey. She has him and the rest of the staff under her control, so the patients can never escape her iron fist. There are also three African American men who do the Big Nurse's dirty jobs because she has trained them to do so under any circumstances. These men always seem to be lurking around the hospital, waiting for a patient to slip up so the Big Nurse can come bring them some medication. When the patient is all drugged up, she leaves her three minions with the patient and a bottle of Vaseline. During these times in the book, the author vaguely explains what goes on, but it seems as the minion's rape the mentally ill patients. What kind of head nurse would allow her patients to be physically, or ever worse, mentally disturbed? The ward should be a safe environment where the patients don't have to worry about being attacked every time they turn a corner.
As soon as McMurphy came into the ward, the Big Nurse has felt threatened. She feels like he is going to ruin her perfectly sound "machine," but he knows the truth about her cruel intentions on the patients. He is trying to open everyone's eyes on what she is doing to them, which is difficult because some of them have already lost their minds. I believe McMurphy will be a savoir to the patients because he isn't falling for the Big Nurses' tricks. The battle has only just begun.
Written by: Hayley Walkowski
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