One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: A Character Analysis

If anyone has read One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with any sort of biblical knowledge, it is obviously apparent that in many ways, Randle Patrick McMurphy mirrors Jesus Christ in many ways, albeit in an inexact way. While not a perfect mirror, much of McMurphy’s character and development are strikingly similar to Christ. For instance, near the end of the first part of the book, McMurphy is able to convince the other patients to follow him in defying Nurse Ratched during group therapy, so they can watch the World Series (Kesey 140), which is awfully reminiscent of the gathering of Jesus and his disciples (Matthew 26). Likewise, the number of patients that went with McMurphy on the fishing trip was twelve-- similar to the number of Christ’s