The new patient

 R.P. McMurphy

Okey, at the end of my firs post, Randle McMurphy was introduced but why is he important? What is the deal with him?

Our  Irish-American patient is a Korean war veterant.  He is guilty of battery and gambling. He had also been charged with, but never convicted of, staturory rape. McMurphy is transferred from a prison work farm to the hospital, thinking it will be an easy way to serve out his sentence in comfort. The problem with is he is agaisnts everything the Big Nurse says or does. Just when he is introduced, they had a cold start and the Big Nurse tries to explain him that  "everyone" must follow the rules. McMurphy, beginning with with the rebellious attitude that will define him, replies:

"Ya know, ma'am. Ya know. That is the same exact thing somebody always tells me about the rules... just when they figure I'm about to do the dead oppsite."

Picture from: http://cineleet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/one_flew_over_the_cuckoos_nest.jpg