Ch. 25 By Max Ruditsky

"Look here at the Big Chief; here's an example of a good sailor and fisherman: up before day digging red worms"(192). This quote is a great example of McMurphy's body building course for the Big Chief. This body building course has nothing to do with weight lifting, but rather it is all about McMurphy praising the Big Chief in order to bring him out of the "fog". By telling Chief that he is a great member of he crew, this gives the big Chief confidence to speak his mind and become more of a normal person.

"did that monster bite you? Somebody fix the chiefs thumb-hurry!"(211). This quote shows that McMurphy really cares about the Chief and doesn't want anything to happen because once he is completely out of the "fog" he and McMurphy can form a powerful alliance. This is foreshadowing whats to come, because McMurphy is protecting the chief now, and when McMurphy gets in trouble with the black boys later, the Chief is there.

"Everybody was kinda surprised that Billy had volunteered, took his life jacket off right away, when we found we were short"(214). This is a major turning point in the story, because for his whole life Billy Bibbit has been a timid stuttering rabbit of a man. No one ever knew him to do something this courageous, it seems that McMurphy's trip is bringing the patients out of there shells and giving them new found confidence. This quote is a perfect example of a personality change in one of the patients.