An Interesting Look into the Perplexing Narrator

Novels are the gateway into creative worlds where the possibilities are endless. These worlds enclose the very essence of ones thoughts and ideas and allow mere mortals to become gods of their own concept. In the newest novel of my obsession, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the author starts the novel with the most interesting first impression of the narrator Chief Bromden. The author's method of dividing the narrator and the protagonist can make someone awe at his literary genius; however, even though Chief Bromden is not the narrator he is presented as an essential character nonetheless. Kesey begins introducing the Chief as a weak minded but rather sharp mental institution patient who analyzes everything from the sounds in the ward to the chief nurse's appearance. Even though he seems to have a stable mind that watches over the ward dutifully, signs of his mental illness leak from his thoughts about the ward being a machine and his obvious paranoia from such ideas like the "faces...trapped screaming behind the mirrors" (Kesey 12). Kesey portrays the character as either being stable with some insecurities wrought from years of abuse from the staff of the institution, or completely insane; this is seen when he admits that even if the events in the hospital didn't happen that they were still true. Even though Kesey gave a complex look into Chief Bromden, throughout the novel more and more details arise to give this narrator a never ending depth that could feed one's mind for eternity.