Hero -- Half way into part one I can for the most part tell that there is not going to be a true hero in OFOTCN (unless a new character is introduced or someone else comes forward (both are highly unlikely)). However, with that said McMurphy is certainly the closest to being a hero, but I see him as more of an antihero because rebellion is not characteristic of a hero, especially when the rebellion is mostly just being rude and defiant. Clearly though, McMurphy is not a villain because his long-term aim is to free the helpless ward patients from the totalitarian reign of Big Nurse. This cause is very noble and earns him the hero portion of his character.
Antihero -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Villain -- Without a shadow of a doubt the villain in OFOTCN is Nurse Ratched, or Big Nurse. There is nothing pleasant about her control over the ward: she treats the patients with disrespect, does not view them as people but rather genetic mishaps, and she is irrational with her decisions about the treatment they will receive. Big Nurse is nothing short of a dictator and a brutal one at that. The only thing I can possibly see that she has done that isn't truly awful is send McMurphy to become a vegetable, and I believe this is only so that the story can continue.
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