ROOM

            I recently began reading a book called 'Room' by Emma Donoghue. So far, it's been so enjoyable to read and all I can say is that this book is extremely well written and just simply AMAZING. This book is about a woman and her 5 year old child, Jack, who live in a 12 by 12 foot room. Her child, Jack, refers to her as 'Ma'. When she was about 19 years old, she was kidnapped by a man known as Old Nick who had lured her into his truck claiming that his dog was in need of medical attention. He later knocked her out and isolated her in what they now call "Room".


         As Ma begins to tell him stories about the "Outside", you can tell Jack doesn't really understand and believe that there's an actual world outside of their "Room". He believes that it's all pretend and that stores(ships, planes, people, etc) only exist inside "TV". What makes this book really enjoyable to read is the fact that this book is written in Jack's perspective. Usually, books like these would be written in the mother's perspective but never have i ever read a book written in a 5 year old's perspective which made this book really intriguing.


        This book makes me think about the problems several kids seem to face today. It saddens me that Jack has no idea whatsoever of what Old Nick does to Ma nearly every single night. He doesn't understand what's going on, and it makes wonder what's going to happen when he gets out of "Room". If he ever gets to that is. They had already failed their first attempt to escape "Room", I'm not sure if they'll succeed on their next one. Old Nick's character just sickens me in general. No doubt about that, he's just a soulless person.

 
       Jack doesn't deserve to go through something like this, no child does. Jack has been isolated his whole life and he doesn't realize it. He thinks "Room" is perfect and good. Which is obviously not true since he should be living a normal life in "Outside". He doesn't understand "Room" isn't as good as it seems to be. It makes me think that he's not going to enjoy life in "Outside" since he'll have to adjust to several new customs and he'll have to learn how to interact with other people besides his Ma. The only person he's ever interacted with was his mother. He hasn't interacted with another human being, which tells me that he'll have a hard time doing so when he gets a chance.