tereotypically puts him at odds with McMurphy. The novel paints a different relationship, in which not only are Bromden and McMurphy friends but they both eventually save each other.
             The Cowboy and Indian idea is better understood after looking at Kesey's past. Kesey was born in Oregon, one of the states where the dying West breathed its final breaths. In the post-Mark Twain era, the companion of the "white fugitive had been turned from Red to Black." It is arguably Bromden, that McMurphy's presence affects the most. Bromden illu
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