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In my opinion, McMurphy is the real hero of the novel and the saviour of the institution. McMurphy starts off as an ordinary person with no medical problems and almost from the start of the novel, he realizes what's going on in the institute and works to help the inmates get out of the "fog". Everyone else in the institute is quite, but McMurphy is strong and loud, and always seemed to entertain all the inmates with his jokes and new ideas. He also changed the way the inmates think and was the leading cause of the turning point of all of their lives. He earned their respect and trust by being down to earth with them and gave them hope for their future.

The majority of the novel deals with how McMurphy teaches the rest of the patients to be sane and normal. He taught them that in order to be sane, above all, it is the ability to laugh, both at yourself and at a world that is often offensive and cruel. McMurphy never seems to take himself, or the others too seriously. When George......

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