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Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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“The Black Boys”

-Chosen by Nurse Ratched as orderlies 

-Threatening patients and each other

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Randal McMurphy

-Very Built

-Redheaded gambler and a con man

-Big personality

-Challenges Nurse Ratched

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Chief Bromden

-The narrator of this novel

-Suffers from paranoia and hallucinations due to electroshock treatments

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Nurse Ratched

-The head of the hospital ward

-The novel’s antagonist

-Belittles and dehumanize her patients as much as possible.

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Dale Harding

-A college-educated patient

-Helps McMurphy understand the hospital

-He is homosexual and hides in ward to avoid prejudice

-Checks out of the hospital

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Billy Bibbit

-A shy patient

-Has a bad stutter and seems much younger than he is

-Controlled by his mother, one of Nurse Ratched’s close friends

-Voluntarily in the hospital because he is afraid of the outside world.

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Doctor Spivey

-The pleasant doctor of the ward

-Supports McMurphy’s plans for the ward

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Charles Cheswick

-The first patient to support McMurphy’s rebellion against Nurse Ratched’s power

-Commits suicide after McMurphy does not support him when he takes a stand against Nurse Ratched

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Candy and Sandy

-Beautiful, carefree prostitutes from Portland

-Candy accompanies McMurphy and the other patients on the fishing trip

-Comes to the ward for a late-night party that McMurphy arranges.