He killed himself over his mother finding out that he slept with a girl?
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diehappy — 10 years ago(July 30, 2015 04:43 AM)
books are one thing, and the significant fundation for a film that stands very well for its own. No need to read the book to fill gaps which were obviously left open by the screenwriter and Forman. Because we do not know for sure its all up to speculation however the relationship between Billy and his "mother" really was. After all, both the characters of the novel as well as in the film are pure fictional, its up to everyone which illusion they are falling for.
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KZABS-1 — 10 years ago(August 11, 2015 12:04 AM)
It was pretty obvious that Billy had severe anxiety & emotional disturbance surrounding his relationship with his mother. The movie doesn't get into the specifics but it is enough to know he is very upset about his mother finding out & Ratched knows this & uses it to wind Billy up.
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slschramm — 10 years ago(September 25, 2015 11:24 AM)
This scene shows Billy as a mentally ill person and Nurse Ratchett as a controlling, evil, manipulating, c-word. Notice Billy was not stuttering at all when he was talking with everyone about what he had done and then once Nurse Ratchett brings up Billy's mother, the stuttering rears it's ugly head.
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somesunnyday — 10 years ago(January 01, 2016 11:02 PM)
Haven't you ever heard of "mother issues" before? Poor Billy was obviously brought up by a domineering mother, who happens to be best buddies with Ratched of all people, and probably instilled a strong sense of guilt in him from a very young age.
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The_Ultimate_Hippo — 9 years ago(June 26, 2016 10:23 AM)
Uh there was a reason why the kid was in the institution, and Ratched knew how to set him off. She just couldn't take it that McMurphy had cured him of his lack of confidence and stutter so she had to knock him down by threatening to tell his mother.
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