Who Is The Protagonist In One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

In Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Chief Bromden and Randall McMurphy are represented as rebels. Chief Bromden who has been a patient in the hospital for ten years pretends that he is deaf so he can hear everyone's secrets and conversations. Randall McMurphy who was in prison has now been relocated to the hospital. Nurse Ratched dislikes McMurphy specifically because he stands up to her and does not like to listen to her or follow the rules. Throughout the novel Chief Bromden and Randall McMurphy have a difficult time following the rules of the hospital resulting in many rebellions.
Randall McMurphy is a character who wants to be the most powerful in the situation; he introduces himself as a “gambling fool” (12). From his