It also analyses Steven’s six-day journey into the countryside as an introspective journey into his past. The study elaborates on the role of third place and thirdspace. This paper also examines how disorientation in the trifold conception of place causes Stevens to be an emotionally and spatially repressed character. The lack of discernibility between home and workspace exerts itself in protagonist Stevens’ obsession with his profession.
Moreover, it integrates both theories by locating Oldenburg’s triad of place (home, workplace, and third place) as a part of Soja’s concept of real space (firstspace). This study identifies the similarities between Ray Oldenburg’s concept of place and Edward Soja’s concept of space. This paper analyses how an individual’s sense of space can influence their understanding of themselves and others. Spatial enquiry in literature has opened new doors for understanding the relationship between physical and mental space.
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