One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
The role of the hero in Ken Kesey’s novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, is played by Randle P. ... One of his first bets with the other patients is to see if, within a week, he can put "a bee in [Nurse Ratched’s] butt, a burr in her bloomers. ... Bug her till she comes apart at those neat little seams" (Kesey, Nest 69). ... But that entails first and foremost keeping one’s temper. ... This shows that McMurphy is already perceived as a man with a temper after only one day on the ward. McMurphy displays this temper throughout the novel, but one incident finally gets him into trouble. During an argument with one of the black aides to the Big Nurse, a punch is thrown and a fight breaks out. ... This is one reason why the others look up to him so much. ... It fought a long time against having it taken away" (Kesey, Nest 270). ... In Ken Kesey’s novel, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, there is one character heroic enough to stand up against the tyranny of the Big Nurse.