Yep you guessed it -- Room triggers me. Like HARDCORE TRIGGER. Don't get me wrong -- this book is great and everyone should read it -- but like the situation that Ma and Jack are in such a... perfectly dehumanizing situation? The whole idea of being confined in a 11x11 box is similar to keeping hens in a pen, but even then the chickens get time to go to the mystical Outside as Jack would describe it... how could that ever be a favor? "You don't know how bad people have it out there" -- well Ma just got a new iPod and was strolling down the street in college when you kidnapped her so um yea I think you ruined her life (and her teeth. Great going).
Also Nick what's up with you calling Jack an "it" hmm? "Oh it talks" OF COURSE *HE* TALKS (EXCUSE YOU) he's a human just like you. Except you don't treat him like a human, evident from like everything you've (not) done for their family. Wait oops I meant YOUR family you rapist. "I bought him a jeep see I'm so nice I know what he wants" yea sure you did but then you literally deprived him of the rest of the world -- an unfair trade off if I do say so myself. And probably the rest of the world. Quit living in your own little world you --
Also domestic violence much -- I don't know what your motives are but like if you're really that lonely why don't you like go improve your personality instead of spending your time making a bombshelter (with a skylight? Analogies can't always be perfect I guess) out of your shed. Did I mention that domestic violence is a problem? Well I guess you have other problems to deal with -- like being charged as a rapist and kidnapper (oh wait you locked up the evidence -- good job I guess? Like actually that's smart but you're still twisted in the mind you %^#&##^&*(#)_#)(*&^).
Now onto Ma -- she triggers me too, but not the same way Nick triggers me. I have great respect for ma and her perseverence. If I were locked up and tri-weekly raped, I'd go mad. Then again I'd do a better job escaping, but she tried her best... in those kind of high stress situations I guess I can't expect her (or like anyone really -- including me) to think perfectly straight... this situation was so twisted to begin with...
Then there's the deal with educating Jack. Ma, you did a exceptional job educating Jack while keeping his innocence -- to think that your child was in the same room while you were getting raped, and he was counting the number of thrusts... I'm getting even more triggered thinking about this... so I'm gonna wrap this up and wish you gl in educating Jack about the outdoors and escape safely. Then again there's so much of the book left so I doubt you'll escape smoothly. Poo. Also continue to brush your teeth please.
In conclusion do I like Nick? Probably not. Was this blog post mean? Yea. Do I feel bad? lol do I even need to answer that
But yea... Ma if you're gonna do something drastic please stay safe and keep lil Jack safe too -- he has the whole Outside to see. I'm sure you know that better than anyone else.
Also I'm blaming you (Nick) if I get an aneurysm because as I was reading about you I swear my blood pressure shot up to like 170/110 I hope you're proud of yourself for being a kidnapper/rapist/potential-indirect-manslaughterer/there-are-too-many-adjectives-to-describe-you
If I were to describe you in one adjective... I'd have to go with "ew". Now savor that you --
P.S. if your name is Nick nonononono I'm not talking about you ok you're probably really chill (or at least way more sane that the nick that I'm on about, the "Old Nick" in Room).
I find this therapeutic, as I also found myself greatly triggered by Nick (as did everybody, I should hope). You've expressed well how messed up his mind must be to think this is an acceptable thing to do. It really gets you thinking about what must have happened in his life to make him that way, which leads into a huge mess of nature vs. nurture and all that good stuff. Obviously though nothing excuses this kind of behavior.
ReplyDeleteI really don't like Old Nick as well, and he angers me so much. Like you said, it's so crazy to see how he thinks that Ma and Jack had it "better" than others in the Room. I'm just glad that he's been taken away and that Ma and Jack seem safe now.
ReplyDeleteI also found Old Nick's comment about their situation being "better" than others extremely offensive. Each individual situation is horrifying and disturbing, none is "better" than another. Nick's comment really just made me mad. Chained up in a dark basement or being trapped in a sun-lit room: each situation causes emotional/mental/physical damage to the victim and should never be compared to each other. To minimize Ma's suffering by saying she has it "better" than others, is not acceptable.
ReplyDeleteThis said of a lot of things I was thinking. I remember reading Room late at night (bad decision) and I could feel my heart racing as I read some of the more intense scenes. Old Nick just disgusts me. However, there was one point that you brought up that I feel I should address: Ma's attempts at escape. While her attempts may seem feeble to us and we may assume we would be able to escape, the reality is the complete opposite. One wrong move could easily kill you, and when going up against someone twice your size without any self defense training, obviously that makes everything a million times harder. Plus, there's the concept of learned helplessness. In cases where attempts at escape is rewarded with punishment, after doing it enough times, the number of attempts reduces dramatically. Up until the point where the animal won't even try to escape even as it is being abused. This is clearly evident in the case of Ma. She made her attempt and was rewarded with a broken wrist and rotten teeth. Learned helplessness isn't something that can be easily overcome and it makes sense that it plays a role in Ma's decision to not try and escape anymore.
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