Nurse Ratched
Nurse Ratched is the head nurse or "Big Nurse" as the patients call her. Big Nurse is a middle aged and characterized by her large bosoms and starched white nurse uniform that conceals her womanly accents, making her look like a robot. Each of her fingers is the same color as her lips. Funny Orange. Like the tip of a soldiering iron. She is quite organized and keeps papers, pills, pliers, wheels and gears, and rolls of copper wire in a woven wicker bag like the ones the Ump-qua tribe sells. (Kesey 4). Along with being tidy, she always has a calm, cool, and collected smile that is rarely broken. Nurse Ratched is a patient women but becomes rather frazzled when something is out of order.
All goes according to her schedule until R.P. McMurphy shows up, that is. McMurphy challenges her every opportunity he gets. But, her power is not one to be denied. She has the authority to decide whether a patient that is committed, shall stay a while longer in the hospital or be sent home. Because of this McMurphy decides to lay off on the tomfoolery. After a time Mack has been in the ward, Nurse Ratched is strangled by him. She then has to send him off to a special operation. The Big Nurse returns to her job after a time off, and is bloated blue in the face and out of shape on one side, closing one eye completely, including a heavy bandage around her throat (Kesey 320). All is well though, and Nurse Ratched has resumed control.
Now calm down. The best thing we can do is go on with our daily routine." ~Nurse Ratched