Problem
A. How is Mack winning the battle with Ratched, even though he isn't there?why does she bring McMurphy back on the ward?
B. What does Ratched know the operation does?
C. What did Billy Bibbit's mother used to do for him? How did his mother hold him back? Have your parents held you back in a similar way? Explain.
D. Who comes during the night visit? Knowing that he is "damned if he does...." Why didn't Mack leave earlier?
E. Harding draws up a plan for Mack. What important change does this show in Harding?
F. Why are the men not rabbits now? Why did they enter the hospital? Why did Harding?
G. Who is to blame for Billy's death? How? Could Mack also be to blame?
H. Overall, who wins on the ward? How do you know?
Creative Writing In a few paragraphs, write an alternative ending to this novel. How else could it have ended? Also answer the following:
1) Why would your ending be better?
2) Why would it be worse?