Room Essay
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Room Essay The novel Room by Emma Donoghue features a woman, Ma, who was kidnapped and put into a room by her abductor. While in the room she had a child, Jack, and managed to raise him for five years without leaving the room. After five years, Ma and Jack create a successful escape plan. Once they are outside of room, Jack is overwhelmed by everything and has a hard time differentiating what is real vs. what is made up. Prior to escaping, the room was Jacks entire life, and he loved being in there. When he goes out into the world, Jack experiences many difficulties adjusting to the norms of society; however he quickly adapts and learns how to develop as a person. As Jacks world goes from an eleven-by-eleven foot space to a large spacious world, he quickly acquires the skills to be able to grow as a person, adapt and move on while living in this grand spacious world he never knew existed. The first example we see of Jack being able to adapt and move on is when he learns how to be less dependent on Ma. Throughout the whole novel, Jack is addicted to Ma’s breast milk and constantly wants to “have some”. At the end of the novel Ma tells him he can no longer have her breast milk. In their new apartment, Jack pulls up Ma’s T shirt and she tells him that she doesn’t “think there’s any in there” (302). Jack becomes confused and doesn’t believe her so he tries again but is denied by Ma. He quickly is able to let go and instead of trying again he “kisses the right and says ‘bye-bye’” (303). This shows that Jack, even though the situation might be different and confusing, is able to go with the flow and learn to adapt to all the new things he keeps encountering. Another time that Jack is able to accept being independent is when him and Ma have separate rooms in their new apartment. Ironically, Jack is able to get accustomed to having a separate room from Ma even though in the beginning of the novel he says that if they were put in separate rooms it would “be like
Room Essay The novel Room by Emma Donoghue features a woman, Ma, who was kidnapped and put into a room by her abductor. While in the room she had a child, Jack, and managed to raise him for five years without leaving the room. After five years, Ma and Jack create a successful escape plan. Once they are outside of room, Jack is overwhelmed by everything and has a hard time differentiating what is real vs. what is made up. Prior to escaping, the room was Jacks entire life, and he loved being in there. When he goes out into the world, Jack experiences many difficulties adjusting to the norms of society; however he quickly adapts and learns how to develop as a person. As Jacks world goes from an eleven-by-eleven foot space to a large spacious world, he quickly acquires the skills to be able to grow as a person, adapt and move on while living in this grand spacious world he never knew existed. The first example we see of Jack being able to adapt and move on is when he learns how to be less dependent on Ma. Throughout the whole novel, Jack is addicted to Ma’s breast milk and constantly wants to “have some”. At the end of the novel Ma tells him he can no longer have her breast milk. In their new apartment, Jack pulls up Ma’s T shirt and she tells him that she doesn’t “think there’s any in there” (302). Jack becomes confused and doesn’t believe her so he tries again but is denied by Ma. He quickly is able to let go and instead of trying again he “kisses the right and says ‘bye-bye’” (303). This shows that Jack, even though the situation might be different and confusing, is able to go with the flow and learn to adapt to all the new things he keeps encountering. Another time that Jack is able to accept being independent is when him and Ma have separate rooms in their new apartment. Ironically, Jack is able to get accustomed to having a separate room from Ma even though in the beginning of the novel he says that if they were put in separate rooms it would “be like