Fear can be a strong motivator. It is one of the most effectual and common forms of motivation that have helped people to conquer and overcome struggles. Depicted in her latest best-seller, Room, Emma Donoghue tells an extraordinary story of Jack and his Ma and how they used their fear as motivation to liberate themselves from Room and re-adapt to the modern world.
Ma was kidnapped at the young age of nineteen and was forced to endure imprisonment in a single room for seven years, but her increasing fear towards her abductor drove her to finally devise a successful escape plan. In fact, Ma had been trying to think of realistic ideas to escape since the day she was kidnapped, none of which were successful, but after repeatedly being sexually …show more content…
Initially, Jack’s knowledge and vocabulary was only limited to the objects in Room so when he is suddenly introduced to the outside world, he fears and takes caution of every new object or person he encounters, seeming quite abnormal. As Ma correctly observes, “Lots of things are freaking Jack out right now. But I hate the way the media call him a freak, or an idiot savant, or feral, that word—”(Donoghue, 304). Ma is concerned for Jack’s transition to the outside world and his future as she believes the media is giving the public a wrong impression of Jack at such an early age. As a result, Ma is forced to completely shield Jack from any outside attention through several tactics as noted by her interviewer: “You must feel an almost pathological need—understandably—to stand guard between your son and the world” (Donoghue, 305). Fearing her son’s future being jeopardized, Ma is forced to take extreme measures in order to protect Jack from the media by not allowing any photos to be taken of him, changing his appearance, and even contemplates on changing his name.By safeguarding Jack from the media, Ma eased the transition in re-adapting from Room to the modern
Ma was kidnapped at the young age of nineteen and was forced to endure imprisonment in a single room for seven years, but her increasing fear towards her abductor drove her to finally devise a successful escape plan. In fact, Ma had been trying to think of realistic ideas to escape since the day she was kidnapped, none of which were successful, but after repeatedly being sexually …show more content…
Initially, Jack’s knowledge and vocabulary was only limited to the objects in Room so when he is suddenly introduced to the outside world, he fears and takes caution of every new object or person he encounters, seeming quite abnormal. As Ma correctly observes, “Lots of things are freaking Jack out right now. But I hate the way the media call him a freak, or an idiot savant, or feral, that word—”(Donoghue, 304). Ma is concerned for Jack’s transition to the outside world and his future as she believes the media is giving the public a wrong impression of Jack at such an early age. As a result, Ma is forced to completely shield Jack from any outside attention through several tactics as noted by her interviewer: “You must feel an almost pathological need—understandably—to stand guard between your son and the world” (Donoghue, 305). Fearing her son’s future being jeopardized, Ma is forced to take extreme measures in order to protect Jack from the media by not allowing any photos to be taken of him, changing his appearance, and even contemplates on changing his name.By safeguarding Jack from the media, Ma eased the transition in re-adapting from Room to the modern