The major character in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" is R.P. Mc Murphy. The story is set in a mental hospital and there are a number of minor characters who are the acute patients in the ward. It is the interaction of Mc Murphy with minor characters which cause to change and gives the reader an understanding of Mc Murphy's character. At the beginning of the novel Mc Murphy arrives in the ward, …showed first 75 words of 1225 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1225 total…beginning that show how Mc Murphy was when he first entered the ward, and the events that contributed to making the reader of "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" understand Mc Murphy. It is the minor character, Martini, Scanlon, Scanlon, George, Harding and especially BillyBibbit and Cheswick who influenced Mc Murphy to resume his battle and revealing his thoughts and his tactics to be used strategically against the enemy through out the series of events.