Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Room for TwoThe first half of the book takes place in Room. It's, well… it's a Room. It's in the backyard of a kidnapper's house, and it's where the kidnappers has held a girl for seven years. To...
Narrator Point of View
Jack is the real selling point of Room. His wide-eyed five-year-old innocence and curiosity brings a freshness to this story… and makes it bearable. If it were told from Ma's point of view, we'd...
Writing Style
Just because Room is told from the perspective of a child, that doesn't make it childish. Jack talks like a five-year-old would: he personifies inanimate objects and cutely exaggerates everything h...
What's Up With the Title?
Room. Four little letters represent Jack's entire world. Room is what he calls the room where he is born and lives until he is five years old. He was born in captivity, like a baby panda (aw, panda...
What's Up With the Epigraph?
My childSuch trouble I haveAnd you sleep, your heart is placid;you dream in the joyless wood;in the night nailed in bronze,in the blue dark you lie still and shin...
What's Up With the Ending?
At the end of Room, Jack convinces Ma to return to Room. She sure does not want to go back to that place, but she eventually concedes and contacts Officer Oh to take them back to Room one last time...
Tough-o-Meter
You probably were expecting a 1 or 2 on the ol' Tough-o-Meter for a book narrated by a five-year-old. But Jack doesn't have an average vocabulary for a five-year-old. Sure, he watches Dora the Expl...