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This page shows the internal struggle of mental illness that Bromden experiences throughout the story. He fears that his illness that will completely overtake him in his future. This fear of the unknown is found in many instances throughout the novel.

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This page shows the constant game that the patients, especially McMurphy, play with Nurse Ratched. The men constantly toy with her to see if they can break her ordered, systematic routine or make her lose her temper. This toying of emotions connects to the meaning of the novel as it shows the dangers of playing with the mental state of human beings.

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This page shows not only internal struggle, but also external struggle. Bromden internally realizes that he and the other men have been egging McMurphy into acting out. This action of McMurphy leads to a physical struggle when the hospital turns to electro shock therapy to calm the outbreaks.

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While McMurphy displays several aggressive characteristics, this page shows how his first interest when he arrived to the ward was to make the men laugh. This shows the complexity of McMurphy's character as a large part of his actions is to bring joy to others. This characteristic is found throughout the entirety of the novel.

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Here this page shows how McMurphy instills courage in his fellow patients. He knows that they lack the courage to do many tasks so he takes it upon himself to inspire them with acts of his own bravado. This goes hand in hand with how the novel portrays the fragility of the human phyche as it deals with different impediments.

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This page shows how intelligent Bromden is by telling how he has played deaf for years and must continue the act to avoid suspicions. He knows that he must keep quiet to himself if he wishes to continue to hear classified information. This mirrors how the novel portrays the loss one faces when they attempt to achieve something that has great value.

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This page explores how individuality is a fragile thing and how outside influence can lead someone astray from their true nature. For one to be independent, they must realize when something is trying to persuade their way of thinking.

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This page explores the complexity of how many individuals in life break down other people down in order to build themselves up. This idea is scattered throughout the novel as people abuse their positions of power to take advantage of people.

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This page delves into the idea that people who differ from normalities are not abnormal. Some people may face physical or mental challenges and look or act differently, but this does not mean that they are doing anything incorrectly.

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This page shows how most of the men who went on the fishing trip have checked themselves out of the hospital. This situation can been seen as the men leaving the hospital out of fear for the ward's punishment for their behavior. But this scene also shows how McMurphy has given the men enough confidence to feel like the have the strength to leave the establishment out into the real world.

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This quote gruesomely depicts how Bromden suffocates McMurphy to death. However, the murder is not out of hatred, but out of respect. As McMurphy has just received a lobotomy, Bromden knows that he will never be the same man again. This relates to the idea that the reasons behind actions are very complex and require a full assessment of all background details.

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On this page Bromden escapes the facility after using the extremely heavy control panel to break the window glass. This allows Bromden to be finally free of the ward and its constrictions on his life. This relates to the complex idea of freedom that is discussed throughout the novel.

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This page tells how McMurphy is angry that the nursing staff will not let him change the tv channel to watch the World Series. As many people in real life would be angry at this situation too, there is a high degree of verisimilitude in this passage. This page also shows the first of many experiences where McMurphy is denied what he desires.

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This page tells how the men on the fishing trip either relax or prepare their reels to catch fish. As this scene portrays a very realistic situation, there is verisimilitude in this passage. Unlike at other points in the novel, the men feel like they are normal members of society, not like they are confined to the mental hospital.

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This passage shows how the men who keep losing to McMurphy in gambling are eager to play again in attempts to beat him. As this happens in real life, this passage has verisimilitude. This passage also portrays how the men in the ward are ready to lose more money to McMurphy as the ward has already stripped the men of so many other things, both mentally and physically.

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This passage shows how the control panel is symbolic in the novel. Once Bromden is both mentally and physically strong, he is finally able to lift the object that not even McMurphy could budge. As this action ultimately leads Bromden to freedom from the facility, the control panel symbolizes independence and freedom.

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In this passage, the metallic conductant for McMurphy's electro shock therapy is described as a "crown of silver thorns". This connects to the crown of thorns that the religious figure Jesus wore before he died for all of humanity's sins. As Bromden ultimately leads several men to freedom from the hospital, he is described as being savior-like must like the Biblical reference.

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This passage humorously portrays how the white whales on McMurphy's underwear enrage Nurse Ratched when he flaunts them. The color white often symbolizes freedom and whales can also symbolize this as they have the ability to navigate the boundless oceans. As McMurphy's actions ultimately lead to other men's freedoms, this symbol of white whales foreshadow to this endeavor.

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This quote shows that McMurphy has lost his battle between himself and the hospital. After receiving the lobotomy, he will never be the man he was before the surgery and will not be able to influence the lives of the other men on the ward any more.

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This quote is the first instance in the novel when Bromden speaks. It is also the first time that Bromden has spoken a word since he has been admitted to the hospital. Now that he has spoken, he realizes that his act may be up, and he may never be able to listen in on other's again.