A Chief Bromden Chief Bromden is the schizophrenic narrator of the story‚ and has been in the mental institution since leaving the Army shortly after World War II; Harding says he’s heard that Chief has received over two hundred shock treatments. The son of an American Indian father and a Caucasian mother‚ he attributes his shrewdness to his Native American heritage. Chief has a paranoid belief in something he calls the “Combine‚” a collaboration of governmental and industrial groups he believes
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Juwan Kinsey Eng. 3 Mrs.Marshall The Potrayal of Chief Bromden’s Shallowness and Upcomance Bromden is a very conservative yet diverse character. In “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”‚ Ken Kesey depicts Bromden as an inconfident‚ shallow man with great hidden potenial that only shines when he is pushed. Many reasons of his flaws and triumphs can be seen through out the book. There are several sources of Bromden’s shortcomings that contribute to him being seen as shallow
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Chief Bromden‚ branded “Chief Broom” by the ward because he takes charge in sweeping the floors‚ is the narrator of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Not only does he tell the story of the hospital life and the Acutes‚ but he also tells of his journey towards sanity. “They don’t bother not talking out loud about their hate secrets....because they think I’m deaf and dumb. I’m cagey enough to fool them...” (Page 10‚ lines 3-6) Bromden stands six feet seven inches and is a deaf mute by choice. Chief
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portrayal and treatment of patients in a psychiatric ward‚ and the social authority they were bound by. The most substantial difference between the film and written form of the text is the apparent significance of Chief Bromden’s character. The novel is solely from the point of view of the Chief; a half-Indian patient who has been at the institution since the end of the Second World War and presents himself to be both deaf and mute. Furthermore‚ due to his diagnosed schizophrenia‚ he is often subject
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The character of Chief Bromden is one of the most unique aspects of Ken Kesey’s novel‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ in that he is a six foot seven inch mentally-insane indian who pretends to be deaf and dumb‚ and is also the story’s narrator. Chief Bromden is a severely interesting character in that he has an inferiority complex in regards to his‚ he is absolutely terrified of the big nurse and “the Combine”‚ and he has several hallucinations that seem to either contradict or enhance the story
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Chief Bromden’s background has had a profound impact on his character. Society never treated him with the respect he deserved‚ and not being able to face up to it‚ he was forced into hiding out in a mental institution. The neglect from society throughout his life turned the Chief into a paranoid‚ insecure and reserved man. The reader gets a glimpse of Chief Bromden’s paranoia in the beginning of the novel. His paranoia mostly takes the form of hallucinations‚ he believes there are hidden machines
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In the Novel One Who Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Chief Bromden is an Indian who suffers from schizophrenia. Although Chief is supposed to tell the story of the hospital‚ Nurse Ratched‚ the patients‚ and McMurphy‚ in reality he is telling the story of his journey. McMurphy is the main character‚ but Chief plays the central role as the narrator‚ who is portrayed as the observer and overseer. Due to the fact Chief pretends to be deaf and unable to speak‚ people talk freely around him‚ allowing him to
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A hallucination is a false perception occurring without any identifiable external stimulus and indicates an abnormality in perception. The false perceptions can occur in any of the five sensory modalities. Therefore‚ a hallucination essentially is seeing‚ hearing‚ tasting‚ feeling‚ or smelling something that is not there. The false perceptions are not accounted for by the person’s religious or cultural background‚ and the person experiencing hallucinations may or may not have insight into them. Therefore
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Hallucinations Hallucinations are defined as a perception of and external object when no object is really present. There are many reasons why people have hallucinations. Some reasons for hallucinations are prescribed drugs (SSRI)‚ illegal drugs (LSD)‚ and sleeping disorders (Narcolepsy). Some causes of hallucinations are from taking drugs‚ both prescribed and illegal. Both produce the same effect. The hallucinations from these have been described as déjà vu or hearing or seeing thing
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Hallucination is defined as the perception of an object or event (in any of the five senses) in the absence of an external stimulus. Visual hallucination is a kind of sensory misperception. Although visual hallucination is not pathognomonic of a primary psychiatric illness‚ it is still a primary diagnostic criterion for various psychotic disorders. People with visual hallucination usually are recommended to seek for psychiatric consultation. Three common approaches are suggested to explain the causes
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