... 's own insecurities to keep him locked up in the ward; Ratched is a tyrant over the ward's patients (all of whom are men); and Mrs. Bibbit babies Billy and rules him completely which is why Billy kills himself when he knows his mom will find about Candy. The only woman represented postively in the book is Candy, a prostitute, a woman whose profession involves submission ... becomes clear that this is merely a pretense for her own vanity. When his mother tells him he has plenty of time to accomplish things such as going to college, and Billy reminds his mother that he is thirty-one years ...

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... down. This shows that Nurse Ratched's need for conformity is so strong that she would stunt someone's growth just to maintain it. The turning point for Billy is when McMurphy, for lack of a better term, gets him laid. When Nurse Ratched asks him if he's ashamed of himself, he replies without stuttering "No I"m not". Again, Nurse Ratched ... goes for the jugular and brings up his mother, prompting Billy to kill himself. Without nonconformity Billy would have never slept with Candy, and would have never shown signs of growth by not stuttering. However the need for conformity within Nurse ...

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... enjoys being the one in control. Kesey tells us that Nurse Ratched is an old acquaintance of Billy's mother. Billy is very unstable and cares about what is mother thinks about him, this gives Ratched an advantage over Billy because she knows that she can control Billy by threatening to tell hiss mother anything that he does. Ratched enjoys this advantage so much that ... she takes it too far. At the end of the novel when Billy is found with Candy in bed she tells Billy that she is going to have to tell ... his mother and Billy then slits his throat. Nurse Ratched knew that he may do so...

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... opposite categories. They are alluded to mostly in a sexual context of either depriving the patients of their manhood or helping them assert it. Women like Nurse Ratched, the Chief's mother, Billy's mother, and Harding's wife are the representatives of the repressive society who cause men to suffer and lose their masculinity. The other category of women are those like Candy, whose ... purpose is to serve men. Candy's role in the novel is to help Billy reach manhood. Nurse Ratched is the perfect representative of the repressive society. The Nurse is a large, cold, unemotional woman whose...

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... . According to Bromden, she attained this measure of success through incessantly dragging him and his father down emotionally. 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 e...

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... . On the trip away from Ratched the patients grow stronger and more capable, but the Chief notices McMurphy has grown weaker from the hospital. McMurphy arranges a date for Billy Bibbit with a prostitute to enable Billy to become a man. When an aide abuses a patient in the shower, Chief and McMurphy come to his rescue and guaranteeing themselves a trip for electroshock treatments. Chief realizes ... treatments that he is strong enough to survive them and does. They all plan an escape for McMurphy the night after the prostitute comes for Billy, but McMurphy is too weak to escape and is ca...

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... . On the trip away from Ratched the patients grow stronger and more capable, but the Chief notices McMurphy has grown weaker from the hospital. McMurphy arranges a date for Billy Bibbit with a prostitute to enable Billy to become a man. When an aide abuses a patient in the shower, Chief and McMurphy come to his rescue and guaranteeing themselves a trip for electroshock treatments. Chief realizes ... treatments that he is strong enough to survive them and does. They all plan an escape for McMurphy the night after the prostitute comes for Billy, but McMurphy is too weak to escape and is ca...

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... by turning the rabbits into men who obtain the courage to fight for the right to their lives. In addition, McMurphy contributes to the men's liberation through the deaths of Billy and Cheswick. Though these characters fall to their demise, the message symbolized through their deaths represents the conquering of the combine. Despite what some may argue, the suicides and deaths ... represent the new found freedom the patients have discovered. Living at the ward meant subjecting themselves to painful disciplinary acts, however, the patients escape the future abuse by dying. Using Billy's d...

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... is that they repress men's sexuality. Harding and McMurphy agree that Nurse Ratched's control comes from the fact that men can't be sexually aroused by her; Mrs. Bibbit has prevented Billy from becoming a functioning adult by preventing him from losing his virginity. Another really important point is that they destroy men's ability to laugh. McMurphy says, "A man go around lettin' a woman ... . The second justification for the madness of the patients is the number of failures in the outside world: Harding's bitter marriage, Billy's domination by his mother, and the Chiefs years of abuse ...

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... , ineffectual men are controlled by, strong domineering women, rendering the sexual roles themselves comic" (Walace 225). An instance of the reversal of female dominance can be seen through the character Billy Babbit. Billy Babbit, thirty-one-years-old, still remains his mothers weak, incompetent son, he is fated to stay an innocent child by his mother's hand. After having intercourse with a prostitute ... ...

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... her. This really annoyed McMurphy, but by yelling at the blank screen, he turned things around and frustrated her. It was his temper that eventually led to his death. After Billy Bibbit killed himself, McMurphy attacked the nurse and tried to strangle her. This gave her reason to have McMurphy lobotomized which led to Chief Bromben killing him. In the end ... ...

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... 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 ... ...

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... trying to eliminate them from the ward. Big Nurse, who makes the rules, wears a large uniform to cover up her large breasts, allowing her to hide her femininity and sexuality. Billy Bibbit, who has an overprotective mother, is sexually repressed and is nervous and unable to deal with the world. Kesey doesn't think of him as being insane "just weak ... ...

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... lives outside the hospital were meaningless. After time, some men wanted to stay in the hospital voluntarily as they didn't feel that they had anything outside the hospital. For instance, Billy Bibbit was still extremely attached to his mother at the age of thirty one. On the other hand he was afraid of Nurse Ratched's strict rulings. Yet still enjoyed the ... ...

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... loses because McMurphys" influence has changed the attitudes of the patients forever. The ending to the book and the movie is also a great similarity between the two. Nurse Ratched makes Billy Bibbit feel guilty to the point where he kills himself. McMurphy ends up choking Nurse Ratched in the book and the movie. Then Nurse Ratched turns McMurphy into a vegetable by ... ...

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... admit to being of what he is being accused, and both of them realized their fate when they made the choice to stand up for what he believed was right. Billy, like Judas (Jesus" betrayer), is pressured into a situation where he has to choose between turning in McMurphy or avoid getting into trouble. He chooses to hand over McMurphy, and then ... ...

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