P. McMurphy. He was a fraudster who faked his insanity and was assigned to the psychiatric ward. He was wild and didn't listen to authority at all. The entire time he was at the asylum, he challenged Nurse Ratched's authority. I thought of him as some kind of outlaw. He felt that laughter was the key to everything. He taught the men of the neighborhood to laugh again. He was a hero to all the men in the department. The other men followed him and did what he did. They thought he couldn't do anything wrong... ever. Even when he cheated them at poker, they still loved him. In a way he was a lot like Robin Hood. Robin Hood (McMurphy) would steal from the rich (Nurse Ratched) and give to the poor (other inmates). After doing so, the rich would harm the poor, and the poor continued to love Robin Hood. Mr. McMurphy was a strong-willed man and he proved it to everyone, even the nurse