The last possible reason for not including Chief Bromden’s narration may be because the Douglas and Forman wanted to portray McMurphy as the main character and the hero of the story. In the novel, Chief Bromden serves as the main character since the story is told from his account and the reader sees the change within him internally. The reader sees that before Chief Bromden was hidden in Nurse Rachet’s fog and did not believe that he could escape. After McMurphy entered the ward, he helped Chief Bromden speak and Bromden ultimately felt that he was able to escape the ward. In the film, Chief Bromden only speaks two lines. The audience is not given background information about his father, or what life at the ward was like before McMurphy entered.
