t was my drive that kept me interested in the mental hospital. One guy, Chief Bromden, was supposedly deaf and never spoke. After being the only one who tried to get through to him, he finally spoke to me and became my "sidekick." I didn't pay attention to the others' ideas about the chief so I taught him things through examples, and it paid off in the end. Also, I taught the boys how to gamble and I tried to make everything in the ward fun and enjoyable because to me, the mental hospital seemed worse than a jail. After a while of communicating to the patients, they began to have fun and enjoyed being in the ward. Also, I had to make a few bets in order to get the patients to trust and respect me, and it worked.
             I questioned the ideas of the authorities and I tried to ratify the rules in order to make it a pleasing environment for the patients, and I succeeded. The Nurse began to lose control over the patients and the patients followed my lead by fighting for what they wanted rather than going over the same routine. By following my footsteps, the patients finally found the light within society, and stepped into it with open arms and wishful smiles. No longer were they under the control of the system and its rules; I had broken free from the routine, and in the end, changed the world as they knew it.
             As I look back at what I had done, I am pleased that I was able to change such a system that was detrimental to the patient's desires to see what life is really about. Even though I did gamble with them in order to make a few bucks, over time I felt that my presence in the mental hospital was really big in the minds of the patients. I was like Christ to them, in that I brought them this new light about life and showed them how to be happy and independent. Also, I consider myself a hero in that I was able to influence the lives of at least twelve patients and I changed their entire perception about life....