The Room is an independent drama film that stars Brie Larson as Joy Newsome and Jacob Tremblay as her 5 year old son, Jack, in their captivating story of being kidnapped and kept in an impoverished state for 7 years. Joy and her son are kept in a shed that they call the Room which contains a kitchen, television set, and restroom essentials.
The only outside connection they have is the television which Joy tells Jack is not reality and keeps a sense of sheltering in her child by telling him that the only things real are her, him, and their kidnapper, “Old Nick”.
When Old Nick loses his job, Joy fears that he might cut off access to heat and other essential living materials so she concocts a plan to escape the room with Jack
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With the absence of his mother recovering in a hospital, Jack readjusts his life to adapt to real life.
Jack cuts off his long hair, a reminder of the past and memberance of his, and sends it to his mother recovering
Joy finds the strength to survive with the help of her son
Jack and Joy visit the Room and take note that the Room seems smaller: symbolizing closure
Theme
The theme prominent in this movie is that the road to recovery is hard and that freedom isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Resemblance
The Room is similar to a story of an hour, because it shows how despite desiring freedom, reality is not a easy thing.
Joy seeks freedom from her abuse and fear of her captor but when reaching the real world, she realizes that she has to deal with the aftermath.
The aftermath is that she has to deal with the rejection of her family members, aka her father rejecting her because her “illegitimate” son, Jack.
Also, her son Jack is only remembering the Room, the place of their abuse and poor conditions, and not adjusting to the real world as
The only outside connection they have is the television which Joy tells Jack is not reality and keeps a sense of sheltering in her child by telling him that the only things real are her, him, and their kidnapper, “Old Nick”.
When Old Nick loses his job, Joy fears that he might cut off access to heat and other essential living materials so she concocts a plan to escape the room with Jack
She tells Jack …show more content…
With the absence of his mother recovering in a hospital, Jack readjusts his life to adapt to real life.
Jack cuts off his long hair, a reminder of the past and memberance of his, and sends it to his mother recovering
Joy finds the strength to survive with the help of her son
Jack and Joy visit the Room and take note that the Room seems smaller: symbolizing closure
Theme
The theme prominent in this movie is that the road to recovery is hard and that freedom isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Resemblance
The Room is similar to a story of an hour, because it shows how despite desiring freedom, reality is not a easy thing.
Joy seeks freedom from her abuse and fear of her captor but when reaching the real world, she realizes that she has to deal with the aftermath.
The aftermath is that she has to deal with the rejection of her family members, aka her father rejecting her because her “illegitimate” son, Jack.
Also, her son Jack is only remembering the Room, the place of their abuse and poor conditions, and not adjusting to the real world as