One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

why does nurse ratched choose to keep McMurphy on the ward to prevent him from attaiing the status of a martyr

why does nurse ratched choose to keep McMurphy on the ward to prevent him from attaiing the status of a martyr

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I think Nurse Ratched wants to make an example of McMurphy. She wants to conquer him in front of the other patients to show that he is not a martyr: he is just a disturbed man who Ratched can control.

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