Wednesday, April 29, 2009
In Responce To Cody's "McMurphy on the Fishing Trip"
I believe that McMurphy is still being selfish, as he has been throughout the entire novel. While he faces a dilemma, weather to stay at the hospital or not, he weighs his options and his selfishness takes over him. McMurphy stays at the hospital because it is benefiting him financially, again showing his own selfishness of taking advantage of everyone there.
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don't think McMurphy can be labeled so simply as selfish. I believe that although he does obtain selfish qualities, it is characteristics such as that that makes him more real to Chief and the other patients. He is an independent, strong willed man, who openly talks about his gambling problem but also illustrates characteristics of leadership and overall friendliness to the Acutes. Even if he does have selfish intentions, he is unconsciously helping the patients in the ward. He is gradually allowing them to accept themselves as different but also to recognize that isn't such a bad thing. Even if McMurphy's fishing trip was only planned for him to get laid, it opened up many doors for the patients and allowed them to grow.
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