McMurphy and Nurse

  One passage that i thought was worth taking a look at is the one where Mc Murphy is trying to become friends with the smaller nurse but she mistakes him for a very intimidating man. I thought this shows the Influence that the angry white male can have. This is one of the first time a person on the ward has been visually afraid of a white male. '''let me give you a hand, ma'am.' and very hand comes through the station door, scarred and tattooed and the color of raw meat, 'stay back ! there are two aids on the ward with me!' she rolls her eyes for the black boys, but they are off tying Chronics in bed, nowhere close enough to help in a hurry. McMurphy grins and turns the hand over so she can see he isn't holding a knife. all she can see is the light shining off the slick waxy, callused palm.' all i mean to do , miss is to--' 'stay back! Patients aren't allowed to enter the...'"(80). I see this passage is showing how intimidating the white man can be. But you do not see the whit man weld this much for on the ward except for this moment. Thus show how the white man so far is being held down and is not a threat to the female or other races.