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Chapter 16
IthinkthatiswhatMissRatchedwassuspectingwhenshecalledthismeeting.Don’tyourecognizethearchtypeofpsychopath?I’veneverheardofaclearercase.ThismanisaNapoleon,aGenghisKhan,AttilatheHun."
Anotheronejoinsin.Heremembersthenurse’scommentsaboutDisturbed."Robert’sright,Alvin.Didn’tyouseethewaythemanactedouttheretoday?Whenoneofhisschemeswasthwartedhewasupoutofhischair,onthevergeofviolence.Youtellus,DoctorSpivey,whatdohisrecordssayaboutviolence?"
"Thereisamarkeddisregardfordisciplineandauthority,"thedoctorsays.
"Right.Hishistoryshows,Alvin,thattimeandagainhehasactedouthishostilitiesagainstauthorityfigures—inschool,intheservice,injail!AndIthinkthathisperformanceafterthevotingfurortodayisasconclusiveanindicationaswecanhaveofwhattoexpectinthefuture."Hestopsandfrownsintohispipe,putsitbackinhismouth,andstrikesamatchandsuckstheflameintothebowlwithaloudpoppingsound.Whenit’slithesneaksalookupthroughtheyellowcloudofsmokeattheBigNurse;hemusttakehersilenceasagreementbecausehegoeson,moreenthusiasticandcertainthanbefore.
"Pauseforaminuteandimagine,Alvin,"hesays,hiswordscottonywithsmoke,"imaginewhatwillhappentooneofuswhenwe’realoneinIndividualTherapywithMr.McMurphy.
