Billy Bibbits
Submitted by kelly7455 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Billy Bibbits
Randall Patrick McMurphy- McMurphy is sane and is coping with a regimented way of life. He is the "Free Spirit" amongst souls caged within themselves. He is HOPE. McMurphy submits himself into the mental asylum to avoid the drooling work of a work farm after he had been convicted of the crime of statutory rape. He doesn't believe that Chief is deaf and dumb and he tries to get Chief active. Chief and McMurphy develop a close friendship. McMurphy does win battles against Nurse Ratched, and in doing so develops friendships with most of the patients. In the end Nurse Ratched wins the war in a sense but doesn't get control of McMurphy.
Chief Bromden- Chief is a half American Indian. Chief is the storyteller and the story is told as he sees things. Chief is also sane but has been put into the mental asylum. Everyone thinks he is deaf and dumb because he doesn't speak and pretends to not be able to hear people when they talk to him.
Nurse Ratched (Big Nurse)- Nurse Ratched is in charge of the mental asylum. She is the one that is trying to keep the patients from doing things that they might want to do. She gets control of the patients by instilling them with fear. She uses things against them to persuade them to do what she wants e.g. to control Billy she uses the threat of telling his mother what he has done. Using this technique she is able to gain control of the patients and keep control. In the case of McMurphy she can't control him because she doesn't have anything to use against him. She is also trying to keep McMurphy from getting control over the patients and it is a power battle between them.
Billy Bibbits- An Acute that McMurphy is trying to get out of the clutches of Nurse Ratched. He is a shy guy that, like the other patients, listens to Nurse Ratched and depends on her. McMurphy is trying to get him to realize that there is more to life then the routine of the asylum. Billy learns this and experiences freedom for one night. Then when...
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