A collection of images depicting how the Chief views Nurse Ratched and how she would be viewed by a more

sane observer.

Character Sketches of

The Way Chief Views Nurse RatchedThe Way Chief Views Nurse Ratched

“It’s a loose weave and I can see inside it;…she’s got that bag full of a thousand parts she aims to use in her duties today-wheels and gears, cogs polished to a hard glitter, tiny pill gleam like porcelain , needles, forceps, watchmaker pliers, rolls of copper wire,..”

(NE: p. 4; OE: p. 10)

“I can see she’s serious clean out of control. She’s going to tear the black bastards limb from limb. She looks around her with a swivel of her huge head…So she really lets herself go she lets her painted smile twist, stretches to an open snarl, she blows up bigger and bigger, big as a tractor,…”

(NE: pp. 4-5; OE: p. 11)

Artistic InterpretationArtistic Interpretation

How a sane person would view How a sane person would view Nurse RatchedNurse Ratched

• ““Her face is smooth, calculated, and precision-Her face is smooth, calculated, and precision-made, like an expensive baby doll,…,baby blue made, like an expensive baby doll,…,baby blue eyes, small nose,eyes, small nose,

pink little nostrils, everything working together pink little nostrils, everything working together except the color on her lips and fingernails, and except the color on her lips and fingernails, and the size of her bosom.”the size of her bosom.”(NE: pp. 5-6; OE: p. 11)(NE: pp. 5-6; OE: p. 11)“…“…putting those big, womanly breasts on what putting those big, womanly breasts on what would of otherwise been a perfect work.”would of otherwise been a perfect work.”(NE: p. 6; OE: pp. 10-11)(NE: p. 6; OE: pp. 10-11)

Artistic InterpretationArtistic Interpretation

Movie depiction of Nurse Ratched