Abstract: The present article addresses rebellion against spatial limitation in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. In the novel, under the working principle of Panopticism, Big Nurse together with the Combine, the overarching power mechanism, foists on the patients with spatial limitation. However, through readjustment of time schedule and space division and employing laughter and fishing trip, McMurphy succeeds in defying two cornerstones of spatial limitation: institutional constraint and action restriction, and thereby achieving his freedom of action. It is concluded that his space freedom lays the foundation for his resistance to the power mechanism.
Keywords: Ken Kesey; Panopticism; Spatial limitation; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Rebellion.
Title: On Rebellion against Spatial Limitation in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Author: Jianlin Yang
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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