This passage vividly describes what hospital smells like. The Chief begins to notice that things in the hospital are running differently now that McMurphy is around. In fact, he begins to notice all these smells after McMurphy confronts Nurse Ratched without his uniform on. McMurphy has made a bet with the other patients that he could make her go crazy by rebelling. All of the other patients think that is impossible because they have never rebelled before. The Chief begins to notice all of the smells: disinfectants, eyewash, “fresh” laundry, and other chemical like scents. Ever since McMurphy has come, Chief has opened his eyes to the reality of the hospital. The structure of this passage interested the most when I read it. When I finished it, I noticed it was a one big sentence packed with commas and words like and instead of periods. I think that Kesey choose to do this on purpose. It lets the reader know that the Chief is rushing to say everything because he has never noticed it before and he doesn’t know how he should feel. Another word that is repeated is and. I think that the Chief is unaware of this when he speaks because he is so shocked with everything that he is realizing after all these years. …show more content…
He uses the word musty repetitively to reinforce that the clean clothes still come back with a moldy smell. The laundry is like the rest of the hospital; it is always “done” just like the hospital is “reality”. As I read the passage, I pictured the white tiles on the floor that were all super clean because of all the chemicals. I could smell the disinfectants, such as lysol, and the alcohol swabs that were used to clean the patients before shots. All of the detail allows readers to see how the patients are actually living and not what they have been brainwashed to believe they are