One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest: Power Essay -- essays research papers

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Power     Peoples ability to use power to control and manage situations andpeople is a skill not many people have. Unfortunately this skill can lead toconflict as it did in Ken Keselys raw One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest whenMcMurphy and Nurse Ratched meet each other.     McMurphy has been after Nurse Ratcheds power right from the beginning.After the first group meeting he pointed out that the meeting was like a"pecking party". The Nurse starts it with pointing out something wrong withsomeone and then the men join in with their criticism. Her book was the analogousidea. The men would listen to each other and when one said something that theyshouldnt have they write it down so it can be brought up for "therapeuticreasons", provided when McMurphy came all that changed. That made the suckle furious,that was her way of keeping perfect control and power over the patients.     Mc Murphy had complete power over the patients from when he first came in. zilch like him had ever been in the ward before. He came in singing andlaughing, something that no one had heard in a long time. He walked well-nigh theroom shaking hands, introducing himself to everyone, even the chronics. Hetaught the acutes how to play cards and he taught them to gamble. His veryfirst bet though was that he could get the best of nurse Ratched within the week,and he did. She...