Paper Topic

I have read One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. The topic of my paper will pertain to a question that crossed my mind countless times as I read the novel. Is McMurphy a catalyst to the inner strength and manliness that the likes of Chief and the others have or is he the sole source of their manliness, courage and eventual recovery. Furthermore, I will also examine the question of weather the patients were really patients in need of help or outcasts of society that needed a place they wouldn’t be judged. I believe that these two inquires will overlap to some degree.