One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Analysis

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In the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, the fog that the patients and staff sees is as Chief claims “made” by Nurse Ratched. From Chief’s perspective it’s there to prevent the patients from realizing their current situations and from rising up in rebellion against Nurse Ratched. However, Chief is said to be schizophrenic so it can be inferred that the fog may be medicinally induced and is a fog of the mind rather than a literal fog. The characters are kept hidden away from the realities of life, except for Nurse Ratched. Chief, in my opinion, is a rather peculiar character. He seems fine with the idea of his fellow staff workers taking him as a both deaf and dumb man. Chief also believes that the men hide