<Li> The Japanese Nurse: The nurse in charge of the upstairs disturbed ward, for violent and unmanageable patients . She is kind and openly opposes Nurse Ratched's methods . </Li> <P> The acutes are patients who officials believe can still be cured . With few exceptions, they are there voluntarily, a fact that angers McMurphy when he first learns of it, then later causes him to feel further pity for the patients, thus further inspiring him to prove to them they can still be strong despite their seeming willingness to be weak . </P> <Ul> <Li> Billy Bibbit: A nervous, shy, and boyish patient with an extreme speech impediment, Billy cuts and burns himself, and has attempted suicide numerous times . Billy has a fear of women, especially those with authority such as his mother . To alleviate this, McMurphy sneaks a prostitute into the ward so Billy can lose his virginity . The next morning, Nurse Ratched threatens to tell his mother; fearing the loss of his mother's love, Billy has an emotional breakdown and commits suicide by cutting his own throat . </Li> <Li> Dale Harding: The unofficial leader of the patients before McMurphy arrives, he is an intelligent, good - looking man who's ashamed of his repressed homosexuality . Harding's beautiful yet malcontent wife is a source of shame for him . </Li> <Li> George Sorensen: A man with germaphobia, he spends his days washing his hands in the ward's drinking fountain . McMurphy manages to persuade him to lead a fishing expedition for the patients after discovering he had captained a PT boat during World War II . Afterward, the three black boys maliciously forcibly delouse him, cruelly knowing the mental anguish this will cause him . </Li> <Li> Charlie Cheswick: A loud - mouthed patient who always demands changes in the ward, but never has the courage to see anything through . He finds a friend in McMurphy, who's able to voice his opinions for him . At one point McMurphy decides to fall in line when he learns his stay in the ward is indefinite and his release is solely determined by the Big Nurse . As a result, Cheswick drowns himself in the ward's swimming pool when he decides he himself will never escape the relentless Big Nurse . </Li> <Li> Martini: A patient who suffers from severe hallucinations . </Li> <Li> Scanlon: A patient obsessed with explosives and destruction . He is the only other non-vegetative patient confined to the ward by force aside from McMurphy and Bromden; the rest can leave at any time . </Li> <Li> Jim Sefelt and Bruce Fredrickson: Two epileptic patients . Sefelt refuses to take his anti-seizure medication, as it makes his teeth fall out and as such makes him self - conscious over his appearance . Fredrickson takes Sefelt's medication as well as his own because he is terrified of the seizures, and loses teeth due to the resulting overdosage . </Li> <Li> Max Taber: An unruly patient who was released before McMurphy arrived, a broken man . The Chief later describes how, after he questioned what was in his medication, Nurse Ratched had him "fixed ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> Billy Bibbit: A nervous, shy, and boyish patient with an extreme speech impediment, Billy cuts and burns himself, and has attempted suicide numerous times . Billy has a fear of women, especially those with authority such as his mother . To alleviate this, McMurphy sneaks a prostitute into the ward so Billy can lose his virginity . The next morning, Nurse Ratched threatens to tell his mother; fearing the loss of his mother's love, Billy has an emotional breakdown and commits suicide by cutting his own throat . </Li>

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