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Room by emma donoghue literary analysis5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Joy tried to escape only once before Jack was born, that attempt which failed and which resulted in her not having tried again. Joy knows she can't kill Old Nick because they would still be locked in Room. The only exposure they have to natural light is a skylight at the top of Room, out of which they can only see sky. ![]() ![]() Jack believes that Old Nick gets their food by magic from television. To shield him from anything that is happening to them, Ma has told Jack that the two of them and Old Nick are the only real things, and that what Jack reads about in books or sees on television are all not real. Old Nick has no desire to see his biological offspring anyway. Whenever Old Nick does stay for extended visits in Room, Ma will not let Jack see him or visa versa, Jack who is supposed to hide "asleep" in the wardrobe. They are dependent on Old Nick for their basic necessities, such as food, water, clothes and utilities. Seven years ago, Ma - Joy Newsome, the daughter of Bob and Nancy Newsome - was abducted by "Old Nick", the man who is keeping them captive in Room, which is really a tool shed in his back yard, the shed's only door secured by a number coded keypad, the code which only Old Nick knows. Room is an approximate ten by ten by ten foot cubed structure, out of which he's never been. Five year old Jack's entire life consists of his Ma and whatever he has where they live, Room. ![]()
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