Room by Emma Donoghue

Spoiler Alert: If you are going to read this book i would steer clear from this blog post. It will contain my thought on the story not just a summary.

This is a virtual website of the room that Jack and his mother live in thanks to Old Nick. This link shares how room was laid out and helps you to understand the book if you so choose to read it.

Room isn't just his room for five year old Jack. Room is the only thing  Jack knows. It's his world and its the only thing he knows. His Mom, being taken by her captor and impregnated, had chosen not to tell Jack about all the things he is missing outside of room by telling Jack that the things he is seeing on t.v. is not in fact real but it is made up. She deludes him into thinking this for his own good. By doing this she protects his innocence because he is the only thing she has. She doesn't feel the slightest bit guilty for having Jack but she does have the slightest bit of guilt for all of the things he is missing out on in this 11 by 11 foot room.

One thing i find interesting is that jack uses singular words or "the" before he refers to a specific object in the room. For example he would say "the bed" or "lets go back to room". He would say this because he doesn't know that there is another bed that exists or another room. He is actually pretty frightened by the idea or concept of the world outside of room.

This book is mind-blowing to me because when they are finally outside of room (all thanks to jack the five year old hero of course) Jack misses room and wants to go back because its all he's ever known. To his mom it is a living hell and returning there would not only be her worst nightmare but it was out of the question. But to Jack not only was room safe it was his world. This story is amazing because it opens your mind up to things that not only will change your perspective about things in the book. It will change your ideas, opinions and perspectives in the world. This book will teach you to question the negative thanks to a perfect five year old narrator. I definitely recommend this book to anybody that has an open mind and appreciates the power of a good book.

Currently Crazy,
Mattie