One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST In the hospital, several male mental patients are under the domination of nurse ratched a former army nurse who rules her place with an attitude. Ratched is a harsh female with a skill in making men feel stupid and weak. She uses manipulation to keep the more harmless patients under control. During the daily group meetings, she encourages the patients to attack each other in their weakest places. …

…slashing his throat. McMurphy attacks Ratched and rips open the front of her dress and tries to strangle her. In retaliation, she has him shocked. However, she has lost her power over the mental institution. Her patients transfer to other institutes or check themselves out of the hospital. Before he escapes from the hospital, Bromden suffocates McMurphy so that he can die with some dignity rather than living out his life as a fried vegetable.