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In the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey, each character is a representation of something else. Randle McMurphy represents a hero and Nurse Ratched an evil manipulator. However, Chief Bromden is different. He is depicted as an adherent and a follower of McMurphy. The Chief represents progress because throughout the novel he is traveling through his own life journey.
The Chief is also the narrator of the novel. He tells the reader everything that is going on within the walls of the ward. Even though he is the narrator and is telling the stories of the other men in the ward, he is also telling his own story about his journey back towards sanity. The Chief suffers from paranoia and hallucinations and has been in the ward longer than any other patient. Even though he is six feet seven inches, he tries to hide himself. He pretends to be a deaf mute at the ward as a tactic to prevent harassment by the other men and Nurse Ratched. By pretending that he is this way, the......

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