Room Emma Donoghue

Aunt Deana

Grandpa

• Ma's father
• Ball cap
• Canberra
• Calls Jack "it"
• Cannot look at Jack
• Soon left to go back home

• Uncle Paul's wife
• Rectangle glasses
• Hair in dozens of braids
• Mother of Bronwyn
• Tries to enforce "gender bias"
• Easily frustrated with Jack in public

Uncle Paul

Leo "Steppa"

• Brother of Ma
• Long dark hair
• 29
• In past 8 years
• Married
• Child
• Supportive
• Hammock swinging
• Ice cream trucks
• Road trips

• Grandma's new husband
• Balding
• Smells of smoke
• Step-Grandpa "Steppa"
• Never had kids
• Allows Jack to feel his emotions
• Laid back
• Way more supportive than Grandpa
• Bonds with Jack

Cousin Bronwyn

• 3 years old
• Same size as Jack
• Braids like mother
• Friendly
• Child "lisp"
• Repetitive

Minor Characters

Major Characters

Ma (Before/In Room)

• 19 year old college student
• Thin and beautiful
• "Dog" trick
• Adopted child
• Mother, father, brother Paul
• Loves family, friends, and music
• Increasingly fearful
• Humility

Noreen

• Second most important character

"Stories are a different kind of true."

Cartoon depiction

Uncle Paul

Grandpa

Leo "Steppa"

Aunt Deana

Cousin Bronwyn

Noreen

Dr. Kendrick

Officer Oh

Ajeet / Naisha / Raja

Ma (After Room)

• Ireland
• Nurse assisting Dr. Clay
• "Maid"
• Says "offensive" statements
• Only to Ma
• Optimistic
• Peppy
• Enjoys showing Jack nature

• 26
• Grieves
• Many changes
• Realized she depended on Jack
• Mental instability
• Own apartment

Jack (In Room)

Imagine...

"I think what babies want is mostly to have their mothers right there."

Plot Summary

Ma

Jack

Old Nick

Grandma

Dr. Clay

• Just turned 5
• Long hair
• Small for his age
• Routine / control
• "Room is all there is."
• Loves Room
• Adores Ma
• Alice in Wonderland
• Dora the Explorer
• Compassionate
• Intelligent
• Brave

Jack (After Room)

• Terrified
• Everything moves fast
• Counts teeth
• Overly trusting
• Fascinated
• Develops sense of self / independence

"Maybe I'm human, but I'm a me-and-Ma as well."

"In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time...so I don't know persons with jobs do the jobs and all the living as well...so there's only a little smear of time on each place, then everyone has to hurry on to the next bit..."

Dr. Kendrick

Old Nick

• Bleach blond bun
• Initial Dr. to see Jack/Ma
• Vitals
• General medical resident
• Observes Dr. Clay
• Disease testing

• Never get a "real" description
• 5'10
• 40s-50s
• Almost double Ma's age
• Kidnaps, rapes, confines
• Jack's father
• Groceries / vitamins
• "Sundaytreat"
• Manipulative
• Lost job

• Presents
• Jack's perceptions
• Routines
• Old Nick
• Unlying
• Truth
• Escape 1
• Airplane
• Dying
• Escape 2
• Jack escapes
• Police rescue

Officer Oh

• After
• Clinic
• Grandma/Steppa
• Baby
• Dentist
• Talk show Interview
• Mall trip
• Ma OD
• Living
• Grandma's house
• Playground
• New Apartment
• Return to Room

Grandma

• Layered blond hair
• 59
• Thought daughter ran away
• Always remained hopeful
• Accepting
• Disciplinary
• Great mother / grandmother
• First "family member"

"It means...nobody being the boss of you."

Real life depiction

Dr. Clay

• Black hair
• Officer to respond to call
• Persistent
• Good sense of direction
• Quick thinker
• Underrated hero

Ajeet / Naisha / Raja

• Cumberland Clinic
• Tall black man with small beard
• Helps with readjustment
• Recognizes OCD in Jack
• Masks / glasses
• Poetry

Ma / Jack vs. Room

"The immediate priority is to help Jack feel safe. Both of you, rather. It's a matter of slowly, slowly enlarging the circle of trust."

• Jack oblivious / denial
• Ma misses real life
• Fights and food
• Lights
• Screaming

Conflicts

• Ajeet
• Curly brown hair
• Pedestrian approached by Jack
• Calls 911
• Another underrated hero
• Naisha
• Daughter pushing doll in stroller
• No hair
• Raja
• Dog that bites Jack

Ma vs. Old Nick

Climax

• Kidnapper
• Continued rapist
• Pent up anger
• Hiding Jack
• Ma escape attempts

Room

Ma / Jack vs. Room

Ma / Jack vs. Old Nick

Jack / Ma vs. Outside

Ma vs. Ma

Major Settings

• 11x11
• Rug
• Wardrobe
• Skylight
• Rug
• Door
• Code

Ma / Jack vs. Outside

Minor Settings

Outside

• Ma comes to grips with reality
• Jack's "world realization"
• Paparazzi
• Technology
• Family changes
• Nature
• Communication

• Cannot be seen
• Skylight -> Outer Space
• Jack likes Room
• Air
• Tree / Grass

Room

Outside

Cumberland Clinic

Grandma's House

349 Washington Street

Mall

New Apartment

Cumberland Clinic

• Ma and Jack after Room
• Dr. Kendrick / Clay
• 1 week
• Dental
• Room 7
• Interview
• Family visits

Stairwell

• Jack and steps
• Leads to outside

Ma vs. Ma

• Jack escape scene
• Old Nick sees him
• Ajeet's help
• Officer Oh
• Finding Ma

**Entire chapter holding your breath

Grandma's House

• Finally able to accept
• Can't handle truth
• Hard adaptations
• Feels no stability
• No old life resemblance

• Jack stays after Ma OD
• Family frustrated
• Life lessons
• Conscience
• Park
• Little boy
• Leo bonds
• Jack trusts others

Themes

Minor

349 Washington Street

• Location of Room
• Jack's clues
• Officer Oh
• Skylight

Mall

• Stop before museum
• Jack takes bag
• Recognized
• Bathroom incident
• Jack wonders

New Apartment

• New beginning
• Independence
• Room labels

Conclusion

• Wisdom / Knowledge
• Communication
• Life / Death
• Dependence
• Freedom
• Family
• Fear

Resolution

Protagonist

A little about the author

• Ma / Jack vs. Room
• Escape
• Return at end
• Ma vs. Ma
• Extensive therapy
• Ma vs. Old Nick
• Prison
• Ma / Jack vs. Outside
• "Try one new thing everyday to see what we like"

Ma

Antagonist

Old Nick

• Jack always being scared
• Always reminded of old life
• Have to raise a "different" child
• Best years taken
• Didn't come home to normalcy

Can you even imagine...?

• Kidnapper / rapist
• Night visits
• Baby
• Continually blames Ma
• Overall demented

• Dublin
• Bestsellers
• Short stories
• Plays

Table of Contents

By: Emma Donoghue

Unlying

Major Events

• Ma decides life/death
• Tells Jack of her old life
• Denial
• Relates to Alice
• Leaf
• Leads to acceptance
• Start developing plot

• Major Characters
• Minor Characters
• Major Settings / Minor Settings
• Protagonist vs. Antagonist
• Plot Summary
• Conflicts
• Themes
• Main Events
• Author vs. Reader Mood
• Conclusion
• Critique/ Recommendation

Escaping Room

• Dependent
• Ma's drama
• Extremely lucky
• Kind pedestrian
• Persistent officer

Presented by: Holly Stiffler

Works Cited

Returning to Room

Critique/ Recommendation

• Great book
• Powerful
• "Thinking" book
• Deep subject matter
• Unique perspective
• Ma is right

Donoghue, Emma. Room: A Novel. New York: Little, Brown, 2010. Print.

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• Need to read (Everyone)
• Change views
• Takes you into different world
• Sensitive people will cry
• Movie

• "I'm deciding for the both of us"
• Ma's dependence
• Face her reality
• Needed to move forward
• Different perspectives of Room
• Family / friends surrounding

Reader's Mood

Author's Mood

1) "Unlying"

2) Escaping Room

3) Returning to Room

• Empathy
• Torment
• Anger
• Resentment
• Frustration
• Joy

*Perspective

• Confusion
• Exploratory
• Routine
• Control
• Fearful
• Nostalgic
• Bewilderment

Room