How is R.P. McMurphy a liberator in his work?

R.P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholas) arrived at the institution a rebel, and died a rebel who had saved the lives of the men at the institution. McMurphy unknowingly showed the men that they were adequate people who were “no more crazy then the average nut walking the streets.” While Nurse Ratched was bullying the men into a boring and dehabilitating routine, McMurphy showed up and began to challenge the system. First with the music. A …

…the men the power to stand up for themselves, and makes them recognize that they can be functionable people in the real world. McMurphy. a simple man and a rebel on most terms touched the men’s lives and made them feel human. He cured their ailments by making them see what no doctor or nurse could make them see; that all they have to do is stand up for themselves and believe in themselves.