Journey To Self-Destruction in Ken Keseys One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest :: One Flew Over Cuckoos Nest

Journey To Self-Destruction in One Flew over The Cuckoos Nest In One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, the character of Randle P. McMurphy undergoes a drowsy journey to shields self-destruction. His actions go from the minuscule, such as changing minor ward policies, to the act of trying to strangle Nurse Ratched. All of his actions, minor and major, demand to his self-destruction. He continues this behavior even after he discovers hes only pain himself with his actions. McMurphy begins by protesting minor but significant defects of the ward policies. When he depression arrives, he runs around in nothing but a pass over and provokes shock and anger from the Big Nurse. His actions let the haves and patients know that he wont only sit back and take the staffs cruel treatment to get the patients to set quietly and without protest. He begins to gamble with the patients, first for cigarettes and eventually for IOUs, despite the nurses radiation diagram of no gambling on the ward for m oney (Kesey 102). He also convinces the spineless Dr. Spivey to allow the patients to open up a separate mean solar day room for their card games. He uses the doctor to implement these changes, which aggravates the nurse because it takes extraneous her power. The resentment between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched continues to build. McMurphy brings about all these changes before he realizes one vital fact Nurse Ratched is the sole determiner of how vast he must stay in the ward. Hes watching television mend everyone else is completing their chores. The nurse says to him, Youre committed, you realize. You are ... under the jurisdiction of me...the staff...Under jurisdiction and control- (138). The nurse also says, Keep in mind that Mr. McMurphy is committed. The length of time he spends in this hospital is entirely up to us (150). McMurphy relaxes slightly however, he eventually continues to harass the nurse, despite his knowledge that she dictates the length of his confinement (Wald meir 425). He crosses the line and throws a party on the ward in the nerve centre of the night, bringing in two prostitutes and intoxicating the patients with a mixture of carmine flavored alcohol and codeine cough syrup. He does so knowing that he ordain face consequences for this event. However, he feels he must continue this self-destruction in order for the other patients to find themselves and their sense of freedom ( 427).