one flew over the cukkos nest – Flashcards

A nervous, shy and boyish patient with an extreme speech impediment, Billy cuts himself and has attempted suicide numerous times. Nurse Ratched is a close friend of his overbearing mother, who treats him like a child, despite his being in his thirties. To alleviate Billy's fear of women, McMurphy sneaks a prostitute into the ward so Billy can lose his virginity. Upon being discovered the next morning, Billy speaks for the first time without stuttering. It's only after Nurse Ratched threatens to tell his mother that Billy reverts to his nervous ways. Fearing the loss of his mother's love after Ratched's threat, Billy has an emotional breakdown and cuts his own throat.

prostitute, went on fishing trip and slept with billy bibit

First patient to support the rebillion who dies by drowning in the pool when McMurphy doesn't back him up which chases McMurphy to wake up to how much of an influence he has and his mistake about the reform

The narrator of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He is the son of the chief of the Columbia Indians and a white woman. He suffers from paranoia and hallucinations, has received multiple electroshock treatments, and has been in the hospital for ten years, longer than any other patient in the ward. He sees modern society as a huge, oppressive conglomeration that he calls the Combine and the hospital as a place meant to fix people who do not conform. He chronicles the story of the mental ward while developing his perceptual abilities and regaining a sense of himself as an individual. HE PRETENDS TO BE DEAF BUT IS NOT!

The only patient with a college degree, is is the "bull goose looney" before McMurphy arrives. Is proud of his wife, pic on night stand, but she is "bigger" than him. Leaves at end.

second in command at the ward, went to same school as McMurphy, also manipulated by Big Nurse most of the time, goes on fishing trip

Ellis was put in a vegetative state by electroshock therapy. He stands against the wall in a disturbing Christ-like position with arms outstretched.

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An elderly African American aide who works the late shift in the ward. The Chief notes that Turkle is far more kindly than the other aides. He agrees to allow McMurphy to host a party and sneak in prostitutes one night. He is a marijuana user, and shares his joint with some of the patients during the party.

The tyrannical head nurse of the mental institution, who exercises near-total power over those in her care, including her subordinates. She will not hesitate to restrict her patients' access to medication, amenities, and basic human necessities if it suits her needs. Her greatest success is with Billy Bibbitt, from whom she can get everything she wants to know under the threat of informing his mother. McMurphy's fun-loving, rebellious presence in Ratched's institution is a constant annoyance, as neither threats nor punishment nor shock therapy will stop him or the patients under his sway. Eventually, after McMurphy nearly chokes her to death in a fit of rage, Nurse Ratched has him lobotomized. However, the damage has already been done, and Nurse Ratched's rule is broken after McMurphy's attack leaves her nearly unable to speak, which renders her unable to intimidate her patients, subordinates and superiors.

annoying laugh guy, girdle of patient's parts (or so Chief sees while he's underground with the machinery)

• "He talks a little like the way Papa used to"- pg. 16 • Confident • Big • 50 yards overhead • Meets all the patients • Avoids sodomy • Bull goose loony • Cowboy, spurs • Car salesman, stock auctioneer, politician • Gambler • Naked pix cards • Oversexed • Fights +f____ • His hand • His laughter • Read hair/ Irish Lone ranger hero

hell raising Chronic who received a lobotomy. Screams profanities. Foreshadowing of what happens to McMurphy. Kept there to scare the other patients.

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