Similar to Jesus, McMurphy treats the patients of the ward equally. As soon as he entered the ward, McMurphy takes it upon himself to shake hands with and meet every single person there. Not to discriminate against anyone, “he shakes the hands of the Wheelers and the Walkers and Vegetables, shakes hands that he has to pick up out of laps like picking up dead birds”(Kesey, 25). Big Nurse has spent her whole life molding the ward into her own perfection that is at the expense of the patients, where she abuses her power to hold complete control over each person that belittles them and strikes fear into their eyes. In biblical scriptures it is shown how Jesus never held himself above others. Contrary to Big Nurse, McMurphy displays this Christ-like attribute throughout the novel

The Cuckoo’s Nest, Chief Bromden observes “the (patients) are grinning now, not so uneasy anymore, and glad that something out of the ordinary’s going on.” McMurphy lifts the spirits of the combine; previously a depressing atmosphere but now a lively residence. Right from the beginning McMurphy challenged Big Nurse’s methods. While he was being given his medication, he asked what he was being given instead of simply doing as he was told. Throughout the novel McMurphy is able to openly defy and rebel against the unjust customs of Big Nurse’s rule for the better of the patients. He introduces gambling and women to show his friends that there is more to life than what Nurse Ratched offers.

The party that McMurphy throws right at the end of the Novel symbolizes the Last Supper, when all the men realize something new, and have fun one last time before the end. At the end McMurphy is betrayed by Billy Bibbit when he blames McMurphy for the party, to save himself from Nurse Ratched telling his mother that he slept with Candy. This is a resemblance of when Jesus was betrayed by Judith, and the consequences are similar. McMurphy’s resemblance to Jesus

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