Towel (S.88-89)

Context:
After his arrival in the psychiatry Mc Murphy refuses to wash himself and resists all tries with the nurse


Characters:
Nurse
Mc Murphy
Black Boys

Themes:
The Role of Sexuality
Control of Opression
Small vs Big

Big vs. Small
Big Boy gets McMurphy clothes that are probably 10 sized too small Hyperbole

Control vs. Repression
Nurse compared to wooden rack, Comparisment to something inhumane
Nurse=Symbol

"Williams… I believe… you were supposed "and you washington- and you…"Confused, out of control, indecisiveHer face white and warped with fury
Imagery: Figurative

"She uses all the power of control that’s in her. Gradually the lips gather together again under the little white nose, run together, like the red-hot wire had got hot enough to melt, then click solid as the molten metal sets, growing cold and strangely dull."Klimax
Imagery: Figurative and Sensory
Machinery=Symbol

Rhetorical Questions:If this was one of the other wards, who do you think would be scouring the hall all day?

Control of Sexuality:
She's glaring at those big white whales leaping round on his shorts in pure wordless outrage.
Imagery

What do you think would have happened if one of the yound nurses had come in early and found a patient running round the halls without a uniform What do you think!Repetition for Emphasis

• Driven by Imagery