Response to McMurphy's Face

This quote took me by surprise as well. As i was reading it, I almost thought it was the chief's face that looked "dreadfully tired and strained and frantic," until i read it again. This is obvious forshadowing of what is to come. It also makes me think about McMurphy's motives, whether he is in fact a selfish man acting like he cares about the others, or he does want to help the patients. In the following chapter, the patients talk about this a lot because the Nurse has told them of how he has been making money, while they are all loosing theirs.