One Flew over a Cuckoo's Nest

Religious images and references appear in One Flew Over A Cuckoo’s, yet not in purest forms. Blasphemous action and sinful transgressions fill this book. There remains, in this text, a strong religious reference to Christ and his crucifixion, from the very event of crucifixion, to relevant events in his life. The basis behind these references show McMurphy as a representation of Christ, who comes to the ward in an attempt to free the patients from the Combine and their impending mental illness.
Evidence of a religious theme consisting mainly of Christ-like associations, manifested itself early on in the book. Through the Chief’s description of the ward, he observed the chronic Ellis, “…nailed against the wall…arms out, palms cupped.” His fate illustrates the effect the combine has on the patients of the ward, and foreshadows the fate of anyone who comes to cross it.
McMurphy comes into the scene of the ward as an outsider; not fitting in with the rest of the patient...