Luke from Cool Hand Luke and R.P. McMurphy from “One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” are the same character in many ways. They both have the same character traits; they are both rebellions and poison to their bosses. Their bosses or Nurse Ratched, the evil mean nurse in the asylum in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” Luke, being the new man in the prison had to climb up the ranks, and eventually every other prisoner looked up to him and followed in his path. Luke was the king of the castle and the captain did not like it whatsoever. Luke tried to escape many times, but got caught twice and was brutally beaten. McMurphy was a man of the “Outside world,” which Nurse did not like at all. The nurse wanted to keep the outside world out of the ward as much as possible and when McMurphy showed up all them diminished. Both of these characters are the same because they are both rebellious, traitors, backstabbers, and just evil men who contradict the place where they are staying.