Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Dr. Spivey Grows A Spine
McMurphy's rebellion seems to inspire the doctor as well as the patients. However, it was established earlier in the story that even if the doctor were to stand up to the Big Nurse in a meaningful way, the Nurse could have him fired on suspicion of being a drug addict. Doctor Spivey is almost certainly aware of this, yet he still helps McMurphy to take the patients on a fishing trip. Why? (Aside from hormones)
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Dr.Spivey probably does this because him as well as the patients have gained courage from watching McMurphy. There is a possibility that he sees Mcmurphy as an individual that can ultimamtely break down the nurse and have fariness for eveyone including himself. He can also be so tired of the controlling pressure the big nurse puts on him that he is completely tired of it and doesnt care anymore of the consequences.
I definately agree with Duneska. Nurse Ratched has not only intimidated the patients into submission, but she has done the same to most of the nursing staff as well as the doctor. The cycle of the Nurse being in charge and the Doctor forced to be submissive has never been challenged until the entrance of McMurphy,asd the Doctor had gotten used to it. However, once he sees McMurphy rebel, he is reminded of how he is in a similar situation, and he signs on for the war.
I also agree with the previous comments. Not only does the nurse have full control of the patients, she has control of the doctors as well. It would be a huge relief for the doctors for the Nurse to get fired. I think Doctor is pursuing McMurphy to continue what he is doing. However, McMurphy is slowing back down. He is being forced to stay in the ward unlike the other patients who can live their lives in the outside world. He does not want to stay there any longer and all he can do is make the other patients stronger. That is where the Chief comes in.
In addition to Duneska's comment, I also believe that Dr. Spivey is willing to take risks. Although in the beginning of the novel he appeared to be submissive (b/c of Nurse Ratched's threat to get him fired), later he obviously transforms into a very opinionated guy who isn't afraid to speak out anymore. I think McMurphy's influence of taking risks has definitely had a impact on Dr. Spivey's outlook and has given him more confidence.
The doctor, like every other human being, does not like or want to be singled out. Dr. Spivey, in the past, probably did not want the negative attention or any attention at all from the nurse that could possible result badly for himself. Now, since there is someone else there to take the first step into the unchartered water, the doctor most likely, feels the confort of not standing alone but having someone to base the ideas and the new ground off of. McMurphy serves, in a way, as a stepping stone for the doctor for him to be able to express and say what he really wants to. As said in previous comments, the nurse has the full control of the patients and the people who work there, once the control is questioned- by McMurphy of coarse- that leaves holes in the control the nurse has for others rebellion and new ways to act and feel to leak into her newly developed holes. I believe that McMurphy is not only a breath of fresh air for the patients for for Dr. Spivey as well. Dr. Spivey is being able to allow things that he would have been shunned if he had suggested them. Also, McMuphy is still representing and proposing freedom to everyone and it must feel like a productive and stress releaving thing to take in that freedom that is so openly being offered.
I believe that McMurphy's rebellion has affected the doctor the same way it has affected the patients. It has emboldened the Doctor and made him want to speak up for himself and the patients. McMurphy had kind of conned the Doctor in earlier chapters when he convinced him that they went to the same high school and made him feel like a friend. Now the Doctor feels like he has an ally and wants to help him defeat the Big Nurse
I believe that from McMurphy rebellion it is going to have a giant chain reaction on which more chaos happens at the ward. McMurphy is good at conning people and may find the ulitmatine plan on conning the people at the hospital thats he not accually crazy
The Doctor has put up with the nurse for god knows how long. He is finally learning that he does posses some sort of power, even though the nurse is the head honcho. It is up to the doctor to determine, or at least help determine the patient's diagnosis/prognosis and he is finally realizing his power. His new knowledge is most definitely an outcome of McMurphy's rebellion. The rebellious manor is not enough to get him sent to the disturbed ward (yet), but it is more harmless fun and poking. The doctor also realizes that he can poke and make his own contributions without being fired or accused of being a drug addict.
I think that Doctor Spivey is beginning to stand up to Nurse Ratched and side with McMurphy becuase he is beginning to get sick of how he is constantly pushed around by her. I think that he still realizes that he could potentially get fired but at this point it doesn't really matter to him anymore.
I believe that Dr. Spivey has been watching McMurphy and his behavior in the ward for a while and I think he sympathizes with what he is trying to do. Dr. Spivey has been waiting for a long time to take a stand against the Nurse and this is his opportunity to do so. I agree with elise when she ways the Dr. knows just how far he can push the Nurse and not suffer consequences. McMurphy undoubtably has an influence on everyone in the ward, whether its the other patients, or the doctors themselves.
Since McMurphhy has been stirring up a different kind of attitude at the ward I believe that Dr. Spivey has been taking a notice to it. He like everyone else in the ward has taken on a sort of confidence boost or a change in thought about the nurse and her controlling ways. he is now beginning to test his limits with the nurse and finally take a stand for himself without suffering consequence from her.
I think that Dr. Spivey understands the powerful control of Ratched over the men on the ward, and as he cannot openly defy her rule, he attempts to help out the men in subtle ways. For example, joining the fishing trip and allowing the men to order magazine subscriptions, etc. In the beginning of the novel, he also doubted McMurphy's insanity, and I believe he understands that McMurphy is empowering the men, and perhaps his confidence has been altered by McMurphy's outspoken ways.
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