Summary:
The antisocial Chief Bromden in Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest did not speak, leading everyone in the hospital to believe he was simply deaf and dumb. In fact, events from his past psychologically scarred him, leaving him in a sort of fog in which he hides. As the novel progresses, Chief Bromden becomes more aware of what is real and what is fake; he regains his emotional strength and rises out of the fog to the point that he escapes from the hospital ward to resume his life on his terms.
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.....
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