My second Half

Synopsis:

-         -  McMurphy learns from the patient serving as the lifeguard that someone who is committed to the hospital is released only at the discretion of the staff.

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   -    Cheswick’s fingers get stuck in the pool’s drain and he drowns.

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     -   Things become more violent in the ward and McMurphy punches through the Nurses window several times pretending it is not even there reaching in for a pack of cigarettes.

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  -   McMurphy gets an idea of taking some of the men deep water fishing and Ratched does not like the idea so she tries to scare the men out of it by posting recent horror stories of other boats going fishing.

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    -  McMurphy tells Bromden that he is big, and that he will help him feel big again. He also offers to pay for Bromden to come fishing with them.

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    - On the boat everyone catches large fish and gets drunk. Billy Gains a special attachment to Candy and they have a date set up for them.

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   -  Bromden and McMurphy get sent to disturbed because they fight off the black aids trying to help George.

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   -   Billy ends up committing suicide by cutting his throat.

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  -  McMurphy goes on a rampage and rips Ratcheds shirt open and tries to strangle her, later he gets sent into disturbed and turned into a vegetable after lobotomy and electro shock treatments.

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    Many of the acutes check out of the ward or move to different wards and Bromden suffocates McMurphy with a pillow and throws the control panel through a window screen and escapes from the hospital.

Characters:

Dale Hardin- A round character, he is homosexual and is hiding in the ward because he has difficulty dealing with the overwhelming social prejudice against people that are homosexual. He is married and is one of the first acutes to check himself out of the ward.

Billy Bibbit- A dynamic character, he is very shy with a bad stutter he is very dominated by his mother and she is close friends with nurse Ratched. He is in the ward because he is afraid of the outside world.

Point of view:

 The point of view has not changed.

Setting:

 The setting only changes once, when they go deep sea fishing. 

Writer’s style:

 The writer’s style has not changed but I greatly admire Kesey for his incredible symbolism and metaphors throughout the entire book which give fantastic imagery and much more understanding to the story and theme.

Theme:

I still believe that the main theme of the story is power, which I explained in my last half but it is also the battle for power which is exemplified by the constant battle between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched.