Question: How does "Room" make you think about justice in the world?
Answer: In Room, justice is not served because Jack still had to grow up in that room, and Jack and Ma will always remember that because it was a big part of both their lives. This reminds me of justice in the world because even if we don't know about it there are still people being kidnapped, held hostage, or dead because of a kidnapping. Every time you pick up the book, you are being forced to think about Jack and his mom being held hostage because that's the only thing the narrator knows.
Jack used to think TV wasn't real. And yes, Dora isn't real, but he didn't know about the animals on National Geographic being real. When his mother told him, he got upset and claimed that she was lying until he got a glimpse of Outside.
Old Nick is the one blocking justice. He is the one who took Jack's mother when she was 19 and has her kidnapped for 7 years. I think that his motivation is enjoying holding them hostage and enjoying using Jack's mom for sex.
Jack and his mom really want to escape but since Ma has tried every way and Old Nick made the walls really soundproof and the glass extra thick and put a padlock on the door, they are ready to give up. Jack tells his mom that he really wants to see Outside for himself so Ma gets motivated by her son and fines a way for them to escape.
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