Frank Gonsalves Gonsalves 1
Magnani, Grace
English IV CP
5 December 2017
ROOM Motif Essay
ROOM is a novel that follows two protagonists by the name of Jack and “Ma” and their daily routine while being in captivity at the hands of Old Nick. Jack is a five year old boy who is the son of Ma and the only company she’s got in Room so Ma tries has much has possible to give Jack a productive life in Room by strengthening his motor skills in hopes that when the day comes that they do get rescued, Jack will at least be able be able to transition into the world because she wants to give her son the life she could never have. In this essay, I shall describe the differences between confinement and freedom and what that means for the protagonists …show more content…
For example by the quote provided from the novel: “Ma’s chewing her lip, there’s a dark bit. “Yeah, but I’m from somewhere else, like her. A long time ago, I was----” (82) This obviously demonstrates how Ma is trying to get her point across in a way that Jack would be able to understand and unfortunately due this all being new to him and he feels overwhelmed by all these new startling revelations, he just wants to ignore the facts and continue on with his sheltered life but Ma won’t allow him not believe in the beauty of the outside world because she’s was getting ready to plot their …show more content…
While in the clinic, Jack starts to experience a lot of new things that he never experienced when he was in Room such as more open space, outside, stairs, and many more things that we consider common whenever we go through our daily routine. Ma is loving the feeling of being free from Room and trying to enjoy it as much as possible by taking her first shower in 7 years. While Ma seems to be taking it easy with things in the clinic, Jack isn’t really enjoying it much because his whole routine is off because Ma feels like they don’t have to do all the things they used to do, they can do whatever they want now because they’re free now but Jack doesn’t feel free outside of Room. “Ma said we’d be free, but this doesn’t feel like free” (p. 257) This quote perfectly highlights how Jack is feeling Post-Room and it makes sense because he doesn’t understand this world because the world he knew was back in that shed in Old Nick’s backyard and he also feels this way because ever since the rescue, Jack notices that they’ve all been stressed from the interview and the adjustment period in the clinic and Jack clearly expressed that deep feeling after Ma overdosed and he had to be taken to his Grandma’s house until Ma was stabilized and nursed back to health. For Jack, this was a never ending cycle
Magnani, Grace
English IV CP
5 December 2017
ROOM Motif Essay
ROOM is a novel that follows two protagonists by the name of Jack and “Ma” and their daily routine while being in captivity at the hands of Old Nick. Jack is a five year old boy who is the son of Ma and the only company she’s got in Room so Ma tries has much has possible to give Jack a productive life in Room by strengthening his motor skills in hopes that when the day comes that they do get rescued, Jack will at least be able be able to transition into the world because she wants to give her son the life she could never have. In this essay, I shall describe the differences between confinement and freedom and what that means for the protagonists …show more content…
For example by the quote provided from the novel: “Ma’s chewing her lip, there’s a dark bit. “Yeah, but I’m from somewhere else, like her. A long time ago, I was----” (82) This obviously demonstrates how Ma is trying to get her point across in a way that Jack would be able to understand and unfortunately due this all being new to him and he feels overwhelmed by all these new startling revelations, he just wants to ignore the facts and continue on with his sheltered life but Ma won’t allow him not believe in the beauty of the outside world because she’s was getting ready to plot their …show more content…
While in the clinic, Jack starts to experience a lot of new things that he never experienced when he was in Room such as more open space, outside, stairs, and many more things that we consider common whenever we go through our daily routine. Ma is loving the feeling of being free from Room and trying to enjoy it as much as possible by taking her first shower in 7 years. While Ma seems to be taking it easy with things in the clinic, Jack isn’t really enjoying it much because his whole routine is off because Ma feels like they don’t have to do all the things they used to do, they can do whatever they want now because they’re free now but Jack doesn’t feel free outside of Room. “Ma said we’d be free, but this doesn’t feel like free” (p. 257) This quote perfectly highlights how Jack is feeling Post-Room and it makes sense because he doesn’t understand this world because the world he knew was back in that shed in Old Nick’s backyard and he also feels this way because ever since the rescue, Jack notices that they’ve all been stressed from the interview and the adjustment period in the clinic and Jack clearly expressed that deep feeling after Ma overdosed and he had to be taken to his Grandma’s house until Ma was stabilized and nursed back to health. For Jack, this was a never ending cycle