Complex sentence: Kesey's novel is in the form of a first-person narrative by Chief Bromden, a Native American and fellow patient of McMurphy, a prison ward transfer who pretends to be insane to get out of working.
Split into simpler sentences: Kesey's novel is in the form of a first-person narrative by Chief Bromden, a Native American and one of McMurphy's fellow patients. McMurphy is a prison ward transfer who pretends to be insane to get out of working.