One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Metaphors 1 key example

Definition of Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor can be stated explicitly, as... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other... read full definition
Part One
Explanation and Analysis—Hidden Wires:

Near the end of Part One, McMurphy calls another vote on adjusting the television schedule to watch the World Series. Bromden first uses a metaphor to describe how he finds himself voting with McMurphy, and then he immediately retracts the metaphor:

McMurphy’s got hidden wires hooked to [my hand], lifting it slow just to get me out of the fog and into the open where I’m fair game. He’s doing it, wires ...

No. That’s not the truth. I lifted it myself.