
McMurphy compares her techniques with the "brainwashing" used by the Communists during the Korean conflict.Ĭhief Bromden A towering man of mixed Native American and white heritage. She maintains order by exercising absolute authority over the hospital staff and its patients. Nurse Ratched The "Big Nurse," and former Army nurse. Eventually lobotomized after attacking Nurse Ratched, he is killed in his sleep by Chief Bromden. Really not insane, he transforms the ward by teaching the other inmates to question arbitrary and repressive authority. Randle Patrick McMurphy A manual laborer, gambler, carnival barker, Korean War hero with a dishonorable discharge, and con man admitted to the ward from Pendelton Prison Farm, diagnosed as a psychotic. Full Glossary for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.McMurphy's Cinematic Brothers in Rebellion.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Film and the Novel.The Role of Women in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.Part 2: They Take Me with the Acutes Sometimes.Part 1: There's a Shipment of Frozen Parts.Part 1: First Time for a Long, Long Time.
