Cuckoo's Nest Blog #1

Just as we saw in The Great Gatsby, we can find examples of heroes, antiheroes, and villains in Cuckoo's Nest. An example of a hero so far in this book would be McMurphy. In these first chapters of the boook, McMurphy is the new guy in the mental institution. It doesn't seem like he has any idea about the turth behind the institution, so when he finds out, I think that he will come out to help the others break against the rules. We can see evidence of this on page 28 where it says, "'...ya know-that is the ex-act thing somebody always tells me about the rules....just when they figure I'm about to do the dead opposite,'". We can see his potential for hero-like actions.

With the information read so far, the narrator-Chief Bromden-will fit the antihero role. He is kindof like a fly on the wall, always watching and listening, but never talking or trying to be seen. Even though he is an observer, I feel that farther in the book, he may unintentionally get in the hero's way, or knows information about the villain that could help others, but keeps it to himself. On purpose or not, this could be his future in the book.

Finally, the villain role would be filled by Big Nurse and the "black boys". I can see them being the villains because of their actions seen in just these first sixty or so pages. Big Nurse is a seemingly nice nurse, but can turn to evil in a second, and she keeps secrets from the patients. The boys are basically Big Nurse's minions, as they follow her every order even before she had to "think it". They torture the patients and cause mayhem. Based on their personalities already, they will most likely be the villains of the book.