Who Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest...? In the 1975 film adoption to Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, the character Randall McMurphy brings the hospital to life with his ability to undermine the rules and regulations of his ward. After being sent to jail for alleged statutory rape, McMurphy fakes insanity to relieve himself of backbreaking prison labor. After the prison hears his plea, McMurphy is sent to an insane asylum, presumably in …showed first 75 words of 753 total…

…showed last 75 words of 753 total…patients deeper into a world in which they did not belong. In conclusion, the character Randall McMurphy brings the hospital to life with his ability to undermine the rules and regulations of his ward. His organized attempts at belittling Nurse Ratched and her staff proved to be the real cure for the inmate's "diseases". Through their impulse to oppress feelings of a normal lifestyle, Nurse Ratched and her staff prove themselves to be undoubtably insane.