At the end of Part One, I think that the Big Nurse is getting the best of the rivalry at this point because throughout the book she has planned out every step of these people's daily lives and controls basically every aspect of how they react. She has control to tire them by speeding up the day processes and the ability to drive them insane with the freezing of all daily controls for many hours at a time. This control that she has over everyone, no matter how manipulative McMurphy is at times, allows the Big Nurse to keep the lead in this fight.
My perception of Chief is that he is playing dumb in order to keep himself safe. It says this right in the text and that is what i see him as still. He oversees basically all that happens while keeping himself safe because everyone thinks that he is deaf and dumb.
At this point in the story i am rooting for chief to make a move and take everyone by surprise. I know he has a humongous stature and is not dumb as the others take him to be. Under this "costume" that he has worn throughout the book, I believe that Chief can take over the hospital and he will have a definate advantage if he does because he will have the element of surprise on his side.
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