Cuckoo's Nest Part One

I read the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest a couple of years ago, and I am happy that we decided to read it again as a class because when you read a book for the second time you usually see things that you once missed before, and that is what happened in my case. We are introduced to Chief Bromden at the beginning of the book, and he remains the narrator through out. Chief "Broom" is a long term patient in the ward, and is usually very quiet because he pretends to be deaf and somewhat of a push over. Nobody really takes him seriously, and they dont see him as a threat. This is why Chief Broom usually overhears everything, and knows mostly everything about everything in the ward. Chief Broom sees "fog" a lot and I would like to go into deeper explnantion of that. In the story the fog symbolizes a lack of insight, and is basicly something that allows Chief Broom to be able to run away from reality. Sometimes the fog is portrayed as scary, but Chief Broom finds the fog to be a safe place,and he feels comfortable there. He can escape from the problems in the ward. I believe the the fog is a symbol of Nurse Ratched's control over the ward, and also the treatment that she is giving them. This is why McMurphy becomes a stron character in the book because he tries to drag Chief Broom and all of the other patients in the ward out of the fog that they have been living in for a long as they have been admitted.