Brief Summary Of Ratched's One Flew Over The Cuckoo

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Summary of Parts 2-4 After Ratched’s outburst, the patients all stare her down, similar to the way she would do them. She refuses to take this fall from grace, and uses her silence as assertion in the group meeting. The staff decides McMurphy’s behavior is unacceptable and decides he must be moved to solitary confinement; however, Ratched surprisingly disagrees, and decides personally to take her time and play a sort of cat and mouse game with McMurphy. She gives him the job of cleaning the bathrooms, but he keeps badgering her, amazing Bromden at his willfulness. The patients take advantage of this chink in her armor, using this to complain about the rules in the ward. The ward is then taken to the hospital’s pool to swim, McMurphy learns …show more content…

However, McMurphy and Bromden’s relationship is strained after McMurphy uses him in a rigged bet. But, the two band together soon after to defend George from the aides when Ratched insists that those who went on the trip be cleaned because of who they were with. The resulting fight lands Bromden and McMurphy in isolation, where a kind nurse tells them about being tired of the overly aggressive and strict nurses. Ratched attempts to get McMurphy to admit he was wrong, and when he refuses, he and Bromden are sent for electroshock therapy, and Bromden struggles while McMurphy jokes and simply accepts it. After a few more treatments, McMurphy is brought from isolation to prevent the patients from idolizing him. The other patients try to convince McMurphy to escape, knowing Ratched will punish and harass him severely, but he refuses to as Billy’s date with Candy is that night. He gets Turkle to open the window for Candy, who arrives with a friend and a ton of alcohol. They get everyone drunk, and Billy and Candy sidle into the Seclusion Room by themselves. Trying to figure out a remedy to the situation, McMurphy discusses an escape plan, possibly involving tying Turkle up so he can keep his job, and simply making it look like the mayhem from the party was

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