Shutting Down The System-Internally

Confidential

The following notes I have taken down personally throughout private patient therapy sessions with Mr. Ashoke Ganguli

-Dr. Spivey

First session-

Doctor: Hello there Ashoke, I am Doctor Spivey, the primary overseer of this mental facility. Nice to meet you, now I see here on what Nurse Ratched has given me, you were just admitted this morning, is that correct?

Ashoke: Yes

Doctor: Alright well just a few essential questions to start off with. First of all, I was wondering if you’ve had any previous psychiatric history. Any analysis, any time spent in and other institutions? (46).

Ashoke: No

Doctor: Okay and tell me about your family, any children?

Ashoke:”No. A mother and father and six siblings. I am the eldest” (16).

Doctor: Grand! Well could you explain how you ended up here? You seem perfectly sane to me, Mr. Ganguli.

Ashoke: To be completely honest Doctor, I am here to help out a friend. I moved to America a few years ago from India. Very shortly after my arrival I met a Mr. McMurphy, do you know him?

Doctor: Oh yes, he’s a good friend…I mean (cough). Long time patient here, that boy, causes quite a ruckus on the ward.

Ashoke: Okay well, he helped me and my family out. He introduced us to people, told us what foods to put together things of that matter. Then all the sudden I hear he’s in a “mental institution”. It made me nervous so I wrote him. He wrote back saying he neaded a favor. This woman you speak of “Nurse Ratched” has made his life a living hell. Mac told me he needed me to get in here that taking care of this woman was a two man job.

Doctor: Excuse me, “I’d like to interrupt a moment if I might”, you do know I work closely with Nurse Ratched (108)?

Ashoke: He told me you would say this. I know there’s a part of you that wants to get rid of her though. I’m thinking this two man job could take a third force-internal. You would be perfect for the job. If you say no Doctor, I will respectfully have to deny this conversation happened, and carry out the plan with McMurphy. Do realize how much fun this could be, what else is there to do? I mean I’m gonna get real weird with it, play some mind games, really shut this woman up. What do you think?

Doctor: Oh no Ashoke, I am in, “why I’ve got a million ideas…” (109).