Plot Summary (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards

Chief Bromden; pretends to be deaf and mute

Oppressive system controlling society, forcing conformity

Acutes: recoverable; Chronics: incurable, stay permanently

Group Meetings, electroshock therapy, lobotomy threats

Provoke her to lose composure within a week

McMurphy sits before blank TV; others join in defiance

McMurphy realises his responsibility for other patients

Patients feel powerful & discover their own strength

Ratched threatens to tell his mother about Candy

Mercy-kills McMurphy; escapes by breaking window