... not. When he is discovered still with the prostitute, Ratched orders him to join the others. At this point, she lets Billy know she will be forced to tell his mother. Billy desperately begs her not too and is dragged to Ratched's office, screaming all the way. Silence hangs heavy in the air while she momentarily contemplates her next victim. The silence ... is broken by a piercing scream as a young nurse discovers Billy begged Ratched not to tell his mother, but when his requests were refused, he killed himself by slitting his throat with a bottle. Chaos instantly breaks out with the di...

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

... . When McMurphy's "disciples" arrive back on the ward, they are more confident and more willing to stand up for themselves. Billy Bibbit can easily be compared to Jesus" disciple Judas. Just as Judas killed himself after committing a great sin (Matthew 27:4-5), Billy Bibbit also kills himself after he commits a great sin. In addition, Judas betrayed Jesus and pointed him out to the ... Roman government and Billy Bibbit told the Big Nurse about McMurphy's plans to escape. The Big Nurse says to McMurphy after Bibbit commits suicide, "I hope you"re finally satisfied. Playing with human live...

• Word Count: 1795
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... negatively, while the men are shown as heroes. At one point, the patients have a huge party during the night when she is not there, and they completely trash the ward. Billy Bibbit, a patient who isn't committed, but does not have the confidence to live in the "real" world, loses his virginity to a prostitute. Nurse Ratched cannot deal with the fact that ... they outright rebelled against her so she targets Billy, the weakest of the bunch. P.301, "What worries me Billy, is how your poor mother is going to take this." She got the response she was after, Billy flinched and put his hand to...

• Word Count: 1466
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... geese and birds. In the beginning of the novel when McMurphy first comes to the ward, he decides that he's going to take over, and he asks his fellow inmate Billy Bibbits" Who's the bull goose loony here?" in another words he is asking who is the leader of the ward. Another use of the bird imagery is when McMurphy compares ... . After hearing this, Harding explains to McMurphy that all of the patients are like rabbits." Mr. McMurphy my friend I"m not a chicken, I"m a rabbit. The doctor is a rabbit. Cheswick there is a rabbit. Billy Bibbit is a rabbit. All of us in here is a rabbit of var...

• Word Count: 1280
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... groups that existed were: freedom fighters; involved in legalizing marijuana, generation gap; gap between hippies and their children, yo yos; weekend hippies, and the Diggers; founded by Emmett Grogan and Billy Lanout. Jesus Freaks were false hippies. Zippies were hippy anarchists (founded by Abbie Hoffman in 1977) (Lee). Important events influenced hippies during the 50s and 60s. The most important would ... ...

• Word Count: 1521
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School