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International Bestseller

Connections

Primary Characters

ROOM: A Novel by Emma Donoghue

Text to Text Connections

  • The Yellow Wallpaper
  • The Hero's Journey

Text to Society Connections

Jack: - Five year old boy (Narrator)

- Only knows of room

- Locked inside Room with his mother

- Jack is articulate and very intelligent for his age

- Mature

- Confused

Ma: - Takes care of Jack

- dedicated and very loving to her son

- Unintelligent

- Depressed, insecure

- Endures endless torture

Old Nick: - Keeps Jack and Ma locked in Room together

- Provides for Jack and Ma (Food, water, clothing, etc)

- Considered by many the antagonist

  • Being afraid to explore beyond our imagination

A Book Pitch From Z. Fry

Topic: The Villain

Themes to Focus on in a Movie

Primary Villain: Old Nick

Human Companionship

Synopsis

  • The never ending fight for one another
  • The relationship between a mother and her son and the sacrifices that are made
  • Abducted and raped Ma; made her pregnant multiple times
  • Jack is one of the babies while the other died at birth
  • Old Nick keeps them inside Room, never lets them leave and refuses to give Jack any idea of an outside world
  • Never talks to Jack and very rarely Ma

Jack

  • Jack is very insightful for his age, and it should be exposed in the telling of the story through his eyes
  • Exposes a high emotional roller coaster of tears and laughter
  • His fight for freedom

Secondary Villain: Ma

  • Jack is a five year old boy living with his mother (Ma)
  • Room is all Jack knows
  • "Old Nick" is the keeper of them
  • After much deliberation, Jack and Ma decide to attempt an escape out of Room
  • Was never fit to raise a child
  • cannot do simple tasks such as read to him
  • Too mentally unstable to handle such a burden

Why Room Should be Made into a Movie

  • Contains the necessary ingredients to appeal to all audiences
  • Exposes the beautiful qualities of human companionship
  • Original
  • Inspirational
  • Relatable
  • Versatile

Remarkable... Presents an utterly unique way to talk about love, all the while giving us a fresh, expansive eye on the world in which we live" - New York Times

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Daring, subtle.... What gives the novel its startling authenticity is Donoghue's bold decision to tell the story through Jack's eyes" - The Glove and Mail

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Claustrophobic, controversial, brilliant" - Maclean's

"One of the most affecting and subtly profound novels of the year... You need to enter this small, harrowing place prepared only to have your world expanded" - The Washington Post

"Remarkable.... Both gripping and poignant, it's a tribute to human resourcefulness and resilience in extremity, and a stirring portrait of a mother's devotion" - Toronto Star

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