Was McMurphy the cause of Cheswick's death? Was his death an accident or was it suicide? Since McMurphy has entered the hospital he has definitely shaken things up in there. By rebelling and voicing his opinions has made him the an ideal leader for the other patients to look up too. With McMurphy's presence there the patients feel they now can voice thier own opinions more freely and have the feeling of being invincible due to his presence. This was clearly the case for Cheswick an acute patient at the hospital. Cheswick began rebelling against the nurse and speaking his mind more often because he knew that McMurphy would back him up. As soon as McMurphy found that the staff was responsible for how long his stay would last after his mandatory time he began to conform to the rules. Cheswick becomes outraged during a group meeting and then is sent to the distrubed ward shortly after his return Cheswick dies. Was Cheswick so fad up with the hospital that he wanted to take his life? Was his death due to his visit to the disturbed ward?
Cheswick's experience up at the disturbed ward could have been a factor in his supposed suicide. With his short time up there Cheswick might have realized that with his permanent stay at the hospital will just get worse and felt that he did not need to live anymore. McMurphy could have also been a factor in Cheswick's death. To Cheswick, McMurphy was some one who was going to save them all and after McMurphy's decision to confirm Cheswick finally ran out of hope that some day he would be able get out of the hospital. Or Cheswick's death could have been a mire accident just as the book explains it to be with out looking deeper into his death. There are many ways us readers can look at Cheswick's death, all depending on how you interpret the story and its characters. For me Cheswick's death was a mire accident, which was just another unfortunate event that had happened to Cheswick.
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