Candy's role in the novel is to help Billy reach manhood. ... Although she defeats McMurphy, turning him into a vegetable, the Chief wins a victory against her power by killing McMurphy and escaping from the hospital and her control. In the novel, Nurse Ratched also becomes a surrogate mother to the Chief and to Billy; to Harding, she becomes a surrogate wife. ... Similarly, Billy Bibbit's mother treats him like an infant and does not allow him to develop sexually. Through sex with Candy, Billy briefly regains his confidence. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

McMurphy arranges a date for Billy Bibbit with a prostitute to enable Billy to become a man. ... They all plan an escape for McMurphy the night after the prostitute comes for Billy, but McMurphy is too weak to escape and is caught. Billy is shamed by Ratched and commits suicide. ... McMurphy shows him that he is strong. McMurphy knows Chief isn't dumb and deaf. ...

• Word Count: 960
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Mac notices that young Billy Bibbit has an interest in one of the women and decides Meredith-4 to set them up for a night together. Nurse Ratched's arrival the next morning finds the ward in shambles and Billy in bed with the prostitute. She rekindles Billy's fear of his mother by suggesting she will be informed of Billy's night. She then forces Billy to confess that McMurphy was responsible for the party. In the final chaotic moments Billy commits suicide and McMurphy, blaming Nurse Ratched for his friend's untimely death, passes up a chance for escape, instead ...

• Word Count: 1548
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In the book Taber died before McMurphy ever came on the ward. ... Nurse Ratched makes Billy Bibbit feel guilty to the point where he kills himself. ... Then Nurse Ratched turns McMurphy into a vegetable by taking part of McMurphys" brain out. ... He misses the old McMurphy so he kills McMurphy. After Bromden kills McMurphy he escapes from the ward. ...

• Word Count: 678
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

For instance, Billy Bibbit was still extremely attached to his mother at the age of thirty one. ... Another leader in society of One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is Randle McMurphy. Before McMurphy entered the mental ward, the patience were cowardly and depressed by the castrating Nurse Ratched. Nonetheless, McMurphy tries to help the patients rebel by affirming their sexuality and individuality. ... The voters are then Chief Bromben and the other patients as they could either choose between listening to Nurse Ratched or rebelling with McMurphy. ...

• Word Count: 385
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Billy Bibbet a stuttering 30-year-old paranoid boy child who is deeply afraid of his mother. A fear Nurse Rached doesn't hesitate to hold over Billy's head. ... The conflict between Ratched and McMurphy escalates, as McMurphy's passionate and emotional nature threaten the order in Ratched's world. ... Repeatedly McMurphy is displayed as a Christ figure. ... At this point, she lets Billy know she will be forced to tell his mother. ...

• Word Count: 1856
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Billy Bibbit, who has an overprotective mother, is sexually repressed and is nervous and unable to deal with the world. ... On the other hand, McMurphy, who is a sex maniac, is the strongest of them all. ... When McMurphy arrives, the patients are shocked to hear him laugh and joke around. ... He is one of the first patients, besides McMurphy, to stick up for what he believes in. ... McMurphy is a savior, a fictional character that Kesey created to try and inspire others to create their own McMurphy. ...

• Word Count: 1000
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

McMurphy on the other hand is a new transfer and a shrewd conman. ... Likewise, Billy Bibbit's mother treats him like a child and does not allow him to progress or mature. However, by having intercourse with Candy, Billy regains his confidence and self-assurance for a short while. This is until Nurse Ratched uncovers what atrocity has occurred under her supervision and threatens to divulge what has happened to Billy's mother. Thus, Billy is consequently driven to commit suicide and serve as yet another example of the negative effects that women have on men in the story. ...

• Word Count: 957
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School