Religion affects majority of the world's population and changes the way people live their life. Religion is the world’s biggest combine that is found everywhere and if it is not followed, threatens people with eternal pain and suffering. In the book, one of the characters, McMurphy, is a figure that closely resembles Jesus. He has a following of people that idolize him and follow his every word. In the book, McMurphy believes he is able to help the patients escape the combine, and in his last ditch effort he, “he grabbed for her and ripped her uniform all the way down the front” (Kesey 318-319). McMurphy is trying to escape the combine and act as a leader of the people by ripping the Big Nurse’s uniform in half. However, this final act of defiance is short lived, and McMurphy is given a lobotomy and the Chief smothers him to end his misery. This final act of defiance directly relates to Jesus being killed for his beliefs, and eventually having the combine end his life. Jesus, and McMurphy were both people who tried to break the combine, but ended up creating a combine that affected many more people. Religion today is used to combine people into behaving well, or suffer the eternal pain of Hell. McMurphy is used an allegory of religion and to show the idea that the combine exists everywhere, and even leaders who broke the combine and eventually succumb to the