I read Room by Emma Donoghue, and I have finished the novel. This book is about a young five-year-old boy named Jack and his Ma, who live in a mysterious unknown “Room”. To Jack Room is the world, but to his Ma, it is the place where her kidnapper has kept her for the past seven years. When Ma and Jack finally escape Room, life on the outside is not as simplistic as Ma had thought. Jack gets agitated easily and throws multiple fits, meanwhile, Ma gets sick and has to go to the hospital. However, Ma and Jack meet Ma’s family and learn how to adapt to their lives in the real world. Both Ma and Jack have a hard time adjusting to the real world, but it is worth it in order for them to experience the beauty of the world and receive the freedom they
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Y- One way they are similar is, they both have this area where the abductees are held. R- In the book, they are held in Room; movie: held in attic R- Both get threatened Y- Another way in which they are the same is they both have a girl that gets pregnant. R- In the book, Ma gets pregnant with Jack R- In the movie, a girl gets pregnant by her kidnapper as well.
G- This book greatly reminds me of the Cleveland Abductions that occurred from 2002 to 2013.
I can connect this novel, Room, with a true story that was made into a movie which I saw on Lifetime. It reminds me of the Cleveland Abductions also known as the Ariel Castro kidnappings. The Ariel Castro kidnappings occurred from 2002 to 2013, and three girls were kidnapped and held captive during those years. One way in which they are similar is, they both have this area where the abductees are held. In the book, Ma and Jack are held in Room. It is an 11x11 foot room in the back of Old Nick’s yard. “‘Old Nick kept me and Ma locked up…” (Donoghue 247). In the movie, the three girls get abducted and held upstairs in the attic of their kidnapper.
Y- One way they are similar is, they both have this area where the abductees are held. R- In the book, they are held in Room; movie: held in attic R- Both get threatened Y- Another way in which they are the same is they both have a girl that gets pregnant. R- In the book, Ma gets pregnant with Jack R- In the movie, a girl gets pregnant by her kidnapper as well.
G- This book greatly reminds me of the Cleveland Abductions that occurred from 2002 to 2013.
I can connect this novel, Room, with a true story that was made into a movie which I saw on Lifetime. It reminds me of the Cleveland Abductions also known as the Ariel Castro kidnappings. The Ariel Castro kidnappings occurred from 2002 to 2013, and three girls were kidnapped and held captive during those years. One way in which they are similar is, they both have this area where the abductees are held. In the book, Ma and Jack are held in Room. It is an 11x11 foot room in the back of Old Nick’s yard. “‘Old Nick kept me and Ma locked up…” (Donoghue 247). In the movie, the three girls get abducted and held upstairs in the attic of their kidnapper.