Rachael Stevick

Reading the first 113 pages of this book I have a good gist of who the narrator is and why I feel the author chose him. The narrator has a big role in the story. They may not be the main character however, we see their point of view. Seeing through their eyes. We have the obligation to believe what he or she is speaking about.  The narrator of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a patient in the mental institution. The author of this story is Chief Broomden. He is a 6 foot 7 inch man who the nurses feel is a huge push over. He got the nickname Chief Broom due to him allowing the nurses to tell him to sweep up the institute. He tells everyone he is a deaf man. This in its own way makes him very interesting  to me. He likes that he has the ability to manipulate everyone to thinking he cant hear so he can listen to their gossip and what he finds to be important and entertaining. I have a feeling this will have a very cool impact on the book and story itself.

   I think hearing the story through his pov will really challenge us to understand the way a man like himself, thinks. The problem my group and I already had was figuring out what was real and what truly happened. He does have a paranoia about him so we don’t know when he’s telling the complete truth. It’s not that he’s trying to lie the things he thinks is real we go through as well. We as readers must take things literally and not in a sense of metaphorically speaking. We will not be seeing things for what they truly are rather in the eyes of a so called crazy person. I feel this will not only make us think outside the box but get a real sense of what things were like for patients back then. I can’t wait to see what’s in store.