You bring up a very interesting point and I agree with you and your argument. The same way in which The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and Jimi Hendrix went against societies norms, McMurphy is doing the same. By not just conforming to the asylums rules and regulations he is bending them, nearly braking them, being a rebel. In doing so the other members of the asylum are beginning to take notice as I believe that they too will begin to change more and more as the novel reaches its end. This has already been seen by the Chief talking, Billy no longer writing in the log book about his 'daily observations', and even Martini breaking the glass with the basketball. In order for all of this to have happened, McMurphy had to go against his new societies (the asylum) norms. Good point Mike.
