One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest- Amy Hunter

In part two of One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest, McMurphy finds out that some of the other men are not committed to being in the hospital, they are there voluntarily. This upsets McMurphy in many ways. He is very shocked that many of them are there by choice. At one point when he was talking to Billy, he says, “Then why? Why? You’re just a young guy! You oughta be out running around in a convertible, bird dogging girls” (Kasey 167). Most of the men there are not committed to the hospital; most of them are just scared to leave. They think that they will not survive out in the real world. They are scared to open up to reality because they may have a disability or be slower then normal people. This really surprised me to know that most of them want to stay there even though they are not treated very well. I think this could also be why McMurphy had been so upset when he found this news out.
Also, in part four, McMurphy takes some of the men on a fishing trip. None of them talk until they finally get out into the ocean and start the fishing process. To me, it seems like they are scared to be themselves when they are out of the hospital. Before they got to the ocean they went and to the gas station. The gas man was asking about their uniforms and why they were wearing them. At first the doctor lied to the man to make them look better, but then McMurphy jumped out and told and even worse lie. He told him that they were psychopaths and the others seemed to like telling people that. Another guy had come up to them and one of the other patients added on to what McMurphy said in enjoyment. I thought this was cool that they finally had a different perspective of things and that it’s not always a horrible thing to have a disability.
Kasey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest. New York: Signet, 1962. Print.