Saturday, April 7, 2012

Cuckoo's Nest Blog #2

By the end of Part 1, McMurphy and the Nurse have a big rivalry going on. At this point, I believe McMurphy is getting the best of their rivalry. He does many small things that break down the nurse  more and more, and whatever tactic she does to bring him down never work. The one "attack" against "Big Nurse" that might really bring her over the edge is the final one of Part 1- "And we're all sitting there lined up in front of that blanked-out TV set, watching the gray screen just like we could see the baseball game clear as day, and she's ranting and screaming behind us, (128)". This occured when McMurphy wanted to watch the World Series and Big Nurse wouldnt allow him to, and it shows McMurphy really throwing Big Nurse over the edge.

At this point in the story, I see Chief becoming stronger and a little bit more confident, but as soon as I see this, he becomes weak again, always trying to retreat into his fog. With McMurphy around, however, Chief finds himself coming out of his fog more, becoming confident enough to join in the World Series "watching", even though it would contradict his being deaf.

As of right now, I am rooting for McMurphy, as Big Nurse is mean and needs to be put in her place.