Examples Of Mcmurphy In One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
In the Novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the two power hierarchies that exist in the book are Nurse Ratched and McMurphy. As of now, the main power is in the hands of the Big Nurse and she is in control of the ward. McMurphy sat down and got ready to watch the game. He got all comfortable and turned it on and the Nurse got angry and turned off the screen and proceeded to say “You are...under the jurisdiction of me...the staff”(144) as soon as he completely ignored the nurse. The nurse has this immense desire to always be the one in charge of everybody and everything on the ward. She gains power from manipulating the patients in the war by giving them the medication and also through the shock therapy. Nurse Ratched wants nothing else then