The author’s purpose in Room by Emma Donoghue is to tell a tragic story in a bearable way. The way the author does this is by making the Narrator a year old boy. Room is about Jack and Ma who live in Room. To jack room is where he lives and nothing more. To jack room is everything. When Jacks mother was 21 she was kidnapped by Old Nick and forced to stay in room, where she had jack. To Ma, room is a prison that she’s trapped in.
The tragic story in this book is that Ma has been captured by Old Nick as a sex slave where her child jack is born. I think that the author’s purpose is to tell a tragic tale in a bearable way because. The way Jack see's things in room, is not being forced to live there but that’s all there is. Telling a story through a young veiwer makes it more bearable for the reader. For example if the story were to be told in the perspective of Ma. The tragedy would unfold faster. Also the horrible events occurring in the book would be more visual and less innocent. Unlike it being told in jack’s viewpoint. In his eyes everything that goes on in the book Jack tells it so innocently because he isn’t aware of what’s actually going on.
One example of when jack makes an event in the book seem really innocent is “She doesn’t switch on, she doesn’t groan even or roll over, she’s not moving when I pull her. This is the most Gone she’s ever.”(Pg 248) and “I don’t know whats---Then I see Ma’s pill bottle open on the table, they look mostly empty. Never more than two, that’s the rule, how could they be mostly empty, where did the pills go? Noreen’s pressing on the side of Ma’s throat saying her other name and ‘Can you hear me? Can you hear me?’’(pg 249)
These quotes are from the part when Ma tries to kill herself. Even though it’s a tragic moment its less painful because of the way that Jack see’s this situation. Like when he says “her other name” he means her real name, also when he talks about taking only 2 pills is the rule. It makes you realize how Jacks so innocent in this whole situation.
I really like how you saw what the author was trying to do when they were writing this book by saying they were trying to make the story more bearable by putting it in a kid's perspective. You have a lot of text evidence that really supports the main idea. I can tell you really thought about this before you wrote it. Really great post!! :D
ReplyDeleteWow, this book sounds so sad. It's horrible that the mother is a sex slave in this place she considers a prison and her son has no idea whats going on. He doesnt even know that the mother hates her environment when he considers it home.
ReplyDeleteGreat text evidences, this book seems really interesting. I would love to read it one day .. Good job Gabby.
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