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One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 4 chapter 1


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One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 4 chapter 1, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe nurse has planned her revenge of McMurphy, and she very slowly starts to spread the seed of doubt and mistrust amongst the patients. She wants them to start wondering “What is in it for him? Why does he do all of this stuff for me?” She starts by sticking the bank statements of all of the inmates onto the wall, and this gets all of the men wondering more and more why he does sorts of things. She then tries to bring up in the meeting everybody’s opinions on McMurphy, but because he was present, her attack didn’t get off to a start. So, she decides that the best way forward is to make sure that he isn’t there for the next meeting. She starts probing at the men, asking them about him, and eventually the men come around to having doubting thoughts about their “hero;” the only person to try and defend McMurphy is Billy Bibbit. The Nuse goes on to list off all of the things that McMurphy has “given” to the group, pointing out that Mac hasn’t put up any collateral for his bets, as opposed to everyone else. Later in the day, the patients go on to say that while they don’t agree with what the big nurse was saying, it is hard to argue that McMurphy hasn’t made a profit off of them. Harding then pipes up and asks what the problem is. Even if what the nurse said is correct, what is the problem with it. Billy however isn’t in agreement with Harding until later in the day, when McMurphy tries to convince him to spend some money on him and Candy.Chief and McMurphy are taking the tables into the Tub Room for the meeting, and he manages to convince Chief to try and lift the huge panel, and though it seems almost impossible, the chief is able to lift it. Then after the meeting, McMurphy manages to make a bet with the men that the chief could lift the panel, so all of them gather around the panel and watch the chief lift it, losing all of their cash. The Chief feels like he has been used and runs away from McMurphy and the other guy.The patients that went on the fishing trip have been ordered to take disinfection showers, and they are forced to take degrading showers while the Aides spray them down with power hoses and soap. When the Aides get to George, they take it too far, spraying him all over as hard as they can. At this, McMurphy snaps, and launches into an attack on the Aides…

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