Chief Bromden is a very tall and strong , Native American Indian. He stands 6"4, and is the most elongated resident at the ward. He is listed as a chronic patient who is a suffering Schizophrenic. This is a fact that the reader needs to understand, because Bromden has a hard time distinguishing reality from fantasy. At the beginning of the novel , we find the "Chief" in a hallway trying to elude the orderlies, whom he believes to be equipped with instruments and devices used to monitor the patients at the ward. "I creep along the wall quiet as dust in my canvas shoes, but they got special sensitive equipment detects my fears -( Kensey 9). Chief Bromden is uneducated, and believed to be deaf and mute, leaving a handicap for others to monopolize and exploit. The orderlies at the ward take advantage of this, calling Bromden "Chief Broom" and making him perform their daily duties. "The soo-pah Chief, fellas. Ol" Chief Broom. Here you go, Chief Broom- Stick a mop in my hand and motion for the spot they aim for me to clean today, and I go. One swats the backs of my legs with a broom handle to hurry me past."(Kensey 9). However our narrator is neither deaf nor mute. Since his arrival at the hospital (which I will refer to as "the ward") he has been putting forth a pasquinade; which he believes shields him from most of the evils of the world. Even more importantly, Chief Bromden fears the sadistic evils of the "Combine". .