One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Blog #2

 I would say that McMurphy is definitely getting the best of his rivalry at this point because he is gaining the trust and the support of all the acutes in the ward. He has them following him and taking after the things he does. They're all against the Big Nurse and she's starting to slip at her job. During one of the meetings Nurse Ratched holds, she brings up the relationship Harding and his wife have and after the discussion where all the patients were criticizing Harding, McMurphy explains to Harding that the Big Nurse is a cruel, viscious woman. While Harding disagrees at first, he finally sees that she is evil and mean and goes on to say that they are all bunnies being ruled by a wolf. She is able to manipulate the patients and turn them against each other and this is seen in the meetings. McMurphy steps in and says that they should turn against her. They start to believe him more and more.
My perception of Chief at this point is still that he's very confused. He still sees fog, but it seems that he's starting to come around. We can see that McMurphy has influenced him, as well as many of the other patients, but it's still hard to tell what Chief thinks of all of this. When McMurphy came, he began to start understanding more things and realizing things he had been to afraid to face. His narration changes because things become a little more clear and he picks up on a lot of details. He is starting to think more for himself when McMurphy has arrived and this changes his character in the whole.
I'm not only rooting for McMurphy to overthrow Nurse Ratched, but I'm also rooting for Chief to get out of the fog he's in and come around to his senses. I think it would be neat to see Chief finally confront people about who he really is and I think that with McMurphy's help he can do that. I'm rooting for McMurphy to overthrow Nurse Ratched because I can tell the patients in this ward need something to look forward to, to aspire to, and to get out of the hell they think they're living in. As for Chief, I'm rooting for him to become the old self he used to be before he came to the ward and before everyone ignored him.