How we cite our quotes: [Part.Paragraph]
Quote #1
Then the wonderfulest thing, Mouse puts his mouth out, it's pointy. I nearly jump in the air but I don't, I stay extra still. (1.356)
Mouse is the first living thing from Outside Room that Jack has ever seen, and he regards it like he regards everything: with wide-eyed child-like reverence.
Quote #2
I get the plastic right off and I suck [the lollipop] and suck it, it's the sweetest thing I ever had. I wonder if this is what Outside tastes like. (2.394)
This is the first lollipop Jack has had, which came from Outside. It's also the first time he seems genuinely curious about leaving Room and exploring what Outside has to offer. He'll learn that he can never explore everything. Like trying to figure out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop: the world may never know… and Jack may never know the world, at least completely.
Quote #3
"[The air]'s fresher. In the summer, it smells of cut grass, because we're in his backyard. Sometimes I get a glimpse of shrubs and hedges." (2.668)
Ma is starting to describe the Outside that lies directly on the other side of Door. These are a lot of details for Jack to absorb at once, though. He likes the smell, but trying to visualize it all is too much. It's going to take him a while to work up the ability to explore it all.