Room, (Paperback)

The book Room is an excellent read for any one looking for a crazy tail of a five-year-old boy and his mother. I believe that the room is an exciting read because it shows how a child would interpret a traumatic event such as kidnapping. This story takes place in a room the size of a yard shed where the to live out their life’s; where they sleep, eat and exercise every day. Jack (the five-year-old) experiences all of the challenges of life from a shed, ran by his kidnapper Old Nick. The book shows the experiences or lack there of, that take place in the room. Ma the main character of the book try’s to shelter her son (Jack) as much as possible, while being in captivity. Through out the book there are many struggles that Jack encounters the most dominant of which would be the distinction of reality, being that the boy had never left the room. He lives his life believing many things are not real including ice cream, mountains and much more. “Vegetables are real but ice cream is TV” Pg.20. Jack and his mother escape captivity around the center of the book. This “Great Escape” Pg.132 was the first experience the boy has with the outside world. The story for me is really separated into to parts living life in the room and living it out of room. The author really shows the struggles of assimilating to the world, after being captured for seven years. Jacks mother actually tells a DR. “All those years, I was craving company but now I don’t seem up to it” Pg.313 . This novel not only puts you in the shoes of a young boy struggling to survive, but also the vary room he is trapped in.