Here and in the following parts, different words and phrases, as well as allusions and historical references, are explained:
Combine a large mind- and environment-controlling mechanism concealed within the walls of the hospital.
The Dalles a geographic region located in Oregon, the setting of the novel.
fog the fog as used by Chief Bromden indicates his paranoid perception that the Combine emits a thick cloud when it needs to subdue and control the patients.
