Analysis of Chief Bromden | Analysis of Chief Bromden

Chief Bromden is a very antisocial character in the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. He is half Indian and half white. His father was an Indian chief named Chief Tee Ah Millatoona and his mother was a white woman named Mary Louise Bromden. Chief hasn't spoken in many years, causing everyone to think he's deaf and dumb. He is a very large, strong man measuring about six foot seven inches. He is a chronic on the ward controlled by Nurse Ratched. He is committed to the hospital because he was psychologically scarred by events in his past. Chief Bromden's insanity can be linked to many things, such as his memory of fighting in World War II, his mother's belittlement of his father, his father's alcoholism, the belief of the existence of the combine, and his withdrawal into himself.Chief is a World War II veteran, so...
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