This
paper states that the film, through imagery, dialogue and foreshadowing in the plot, presents the main character, Randle
McMurphy, as a Christ-like figure. The
paper concludes that McMurphy represents everything good in the life of the distinct society of mental ward patients. The author believes that, in the end, McMurphy is the
savior who changed the entire system before sacrificing his life in order to save the lives of others.