How does mcmurphy win the bet

He loses the bet, but tells the other patients that at least he tried. McMurphy's bet with the patients is one he knows he's sure to lose, but by losing he will win their trust that he's not always motivated by self-interest. By taking the bet, he displays to the patients that it is better to try something and fail rather than not try at all.

Ratched orders that everyone who went on the fishing trip be cleansed because of the company they kept. George has a phobia regarding cleanliness and begs the aides not to spray him with their smelly salve. McMurphy and Bromden get into a fistfight with the aides to defend George, so Ratched sends them to Disturbed.

Look me, look me! Nurse Ratched tells McMurphy that he can avoid electroshock therapy by admitting he was wrong.

During the treatment and afterward, Bromden experiences a rush of images and memories from his childhood. When he regains consciousness, he resists the fog and works to clear his head, the first time he has managed to do so after receiving shock therapy. He brings the vote up again at the next meeting. All the Acutes raise their hands — twenty of them.

McMurphy goes around to the Chronics, begging one of them to raise their hand. The next afternoon, McMurphy goes and turns the television to the baseball game.

McMurphy watches the blank television in protest, as if the game were really on. The Acutes join him and they watch the blank TV screen. McMurphy finds out that Nurse Ratched has the power to keep him there in the asylum as long as he wants, and that changes his perspective.

At the next meeting, when Cheswick brings up the issue of cigarettes, McMurphy is silent. At the next Group Meeting, Bromden feels immersed in fog and cannot follow the group as they grill Billy about his stutter and failed relationship with a girl. McMurphy proposes another vote regarding the TV, with the support of some of the other patients. It is the first day of the World Series.

Bromden observes the hands go up as McMurphy drags all twenty Acutes out of the fog. Ratched declares the proposal defeated, however, because none of the twenty Chronics raised their hands and McMurphy needs a majority.

McMurphy finally persuades Bromden to raise his hand, but Ratched says the vote is closed. During the afternoon cleaning chores, McMurphy declares that it is time for the game.

The Acutes follow suit and sit in front of the blank TV. She screams and rants at them for breaking the schedule, and McMurphy wins his bet that he could make her lose her composure. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols.