#2

As I continue reading, I am alarmed the amount of chaos that is happening in what is supposed to be a therapeutic environment.  Not only do the patients have outbursts on a regular basis, but Nurse Ratched recently had one as well. She stays quiet in an attempt to deter the attention away from her. I couldn’t help but think what the difference is between that type of deliberate silence, and the patient’s silence. When Nurse is very quiet we understand, but when the patient’s chose not to talk the reader, along with the other characters wonders why, for example Chief. On top of the frequent outbursts, Cheswick dies, (commits suicide?) Any patients are subject to be sent away to the “disturbed ward”.  Also, a patient had an epileptic seizure in front of many of the patients, who a few found rather overwhelming.  Also, as shown in the movie as well, there is always some sort of outburst happening in the hospital.  While all of this is happening, I cant help but wonder how all of theses patients are expected to stay “sane”. The Nurse herself said that these men work best under strict routine. With all that being said, it seems inevitable that some of these men would be in the home for years, and even maybe go “crazy” from being in the mental home itself.