The Fog

While reading the first couple of pages of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo´s Nest" many questions arose in my mind. Many things that were being said in the book were not clear. For example, why "Chief" is in that hospital? How crazy is he? Why he never speaks in the book, and just narrates it? Should I believe everything that he is saying? How literal should I take what is being said? When I got to the part of where the Chief talks about the fog I started having even more questions. What does this fog mean?

"They start the machine again and it´s snowing down cold and white all over me like skim milk, so thick I might even be able to hide in it if they didn´t have a hold on me." pg (7)  Thinking about fog,  reminds me of a scary place, or somewhere I do not feel comfortable in. That is how I felt while reading these first pages. Things that are said are not clear, it is all foggy. Maybe that is what Ken Kesey is trying to do. Make the reader feel as the Chief is feeling, confused, scared. The fog can be various things, it can also be something that is showing how scared the Chief is, or as said in the quote it is a place where he can "hide" from the people that he does not like, such as the Big Nurse. The fog can sometimes be something that is keeping us from seeing things. There are times where this can be a good or bad thing. In this case it is bad for the reader because I do not know what is going on, but it can also work as a shield for the Chief. He may not want to confront the Big Nurse, or he does not want to share some information with us. The point is that along the novel I will be finding out what this fog means, and hopefully answers to my questions. 

While reading he does seem to be crazy, but until what extent can that word mean? Am I crazy by questioning what is happening in the book or am I doing it right? Will the fog ever go away? I hope so.