Part I The story starts with the admission of a new patient, Randle P. McMurphy, to a mental hospital in Oregon. He has feigned insanity and has had himself admitted into the mental hospital in order to escape from his prison punishment of weeding peas. While at the mental hospital, he sees an opportunity to make money from his fellow patients and quickly tries to befriend them. Nurse Ratched, the head nurse in charge of …showed first 75 words of 1533 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1533 total…state, Nurse Ratched plans to use him as an example to other patients. The Chief cannot bear to see McMurphy in such a state. He puts a pillow over McMurphy's face and suffocates him. The Chief then escapes by throwing the control panel through the window, just as McMurphy has taught him to do. By killing McMurphy and escaping, the Chief proves that he has recovered; he also wins the final battle with Nurse Ratched.