<Ul> <Li> Billy Bibbit : A nervous , shy , and boyish patient with an extreme speech impediment , Billy cuts and burns himself , and has attempted suicide numerous times . Billy has a fear of women , especially those with authority such as his mother . To alleviate this , McMurphy sneaks a prostitute into the ward so Billy can lose his virginity . The next morning , Nurse Ratched threatens to tell his mother ; fearing the loss of his mother 's love , Billy has an emotional breakdown and commits suicide by cutting his own throat . </Li> <Li> Dale Harding : The unofficial leader of the patients before McMurphy arrives , he is an intelligent , good - looking man who 's ashamed of his repressed homosexuality . Harding 's beautiful yet malcontent wife is a source of shame for him . </Li> <Li> George Sorensen : A man with germaphobia , he spends his days washing his hands in the ward 's drinking fountain . McMurphy manages to persuade him to lead a fishing expedition for the patients after discovering he had captained a PT boat during World War II . Afterward , the three black boys maliciously forcibly delouse him , cruelly knowing the mental anguish this will cause him . </Li> <Li> Charlie Cheswick : A loud - mouthed patient who always demands changes in the ward , but never has the courage to see anything through . He finds a friend in McMurphy , who 's able to voice his opinions for him . At one point McMurphy decides to fall in line when he learns his stay in the ward is indefinite and his release is solely determined by the Big Nurse . As a result , Cheswick drowns himself in the ward 's swimming pool when he decides he himself will never escape the relentless Big Nurse . </Li> <Li> Martini : A patient who suffers from severe hallucinations . </Li> <Li> Scanlon : A patient obsessed with explosives and destruction . He is the only other non-vegetative patient confined to the ward by force aside from McMurphy and Bromden ; the rest can leave at any time . </Li> <Li> Jim Sefelt and Bruce Fredrickson : Two epileptic patients . Sefelt refuses to take his anti-seizure medication , as it makes his teeth fall out and as such makes him self - conscious over his appearance . Fredrickson takes Sefelt 's medication as well as his own because he is terrified of the seizures , and loses teeth due to the resulting overdosage . </Li> <Li> Max Taber : An unruly patient who was released before McMurphy arrived , a broken man . The Chief later describes how , after he questioned what was in his medication , Nurse Ratched had him `` fixed . '' </Li> </Ul>
<Ul> <Li> Billy Bibbit : A nervous , shy , and boyish patient with an extreme speech impediment , Billy cuts and burns himself , and has attempted suicide numerous times . Billy has a fear of women , especially those with authority such as his mother . To alleviate this , McMurphy sneaks a prostitute into the ward so Billy can lose his virginity . The next morning , Nurse Ratched threatens to tell his mother ; fearing the loss of his mother 's love , Billy has an emotional breakdown and commits suicide by cutting his own throat . </Li> <Li> Dale Harding : The unofficial leader of the patients before McMurphy arrives , he is an intelligent , good - looking man who 's ashamed of his repressed homosexuality . Harding 's beautiful yet malcontent wife is a source of shame for him . </Li> <Li> George Sorensen : A man with germaphobia , he spends his days washing his hands in the ward 's drinking fountain . McMurphy manages to persuade him to lead a fishing expedition for the patients after discovering he had captained a PT boat during World War II . Afterward , the three black boys maliciously forcibly delouse him , cruelly knowing the mental anguish this will cause him . </Li> <Li> Charlie Cheswick : A loud - mouthed patient who always demands changes in the ward , but never has the courage to see anything through . He finds a friend in McMurphy , who 's able to voice his opinions for him . At one point McMurphy decides to fall in line when he learns his stay in the ward is indefinite and his release is solely determined by the Big Nurse . As a result , Cheswick drowns himself in the ward 's swimming pool when he decides he himself will never escape the relentless Big Nurse . </Li> <Li> Martini : A patient who suffers from severe hallucinations . </Li> <Li> Scanlon : A patient obsessed with explosives and destruction . He is the only other non-vegetative patient confined to the ward by force aside from McMurphy and Bromden ; the rest can leave at any time . </Li> <Li> Jim Sefelt and Bruce Fredrickson : Two epileptic patients . Sefelt refuses to take his anti-seizure medication , as it makes his teeth fall out and as such makes him self - conscious over his appearance . Fredrickson takes Sefelt 's medication as well as his own because he is terrified of the seizures , and loses teeth due to the resulting overdosage . </Li> <Li> Max Taber : An unruly patient who was released before McMurphy arrived , a broken man . The Chief later describes how , after he questioned what was in his medication , Nurse Ratched had him `` fixed . '' </Li> </Ul>
who drowned in one flew over the cuckoo 's nest
who drowned in one flew over the cuckoo 's nest
Charlie Cheswick
Charlie Cheswick