![]() Jack counts the creaks of the bed-what the reader understands to be the sound of Old Nick raping Ma-until they stop. Old Nick visits and has some birthday cake, telling Ma he would have bought Jack a present if he had known. After dinner, they watch TV and try to imitate the presenters to increase their vocabulary. ![]() Ma tries to kill it, and Jack is distressed. While Ma naps, Jack finds a mouse and lures it out with crumbs. They make a ball out of scrunched-up paper and play with it. Jack describes how he ‘has some’, referring to breast milk from Ma. Jack goes into the cupboard to sleep while Old Nick, the man whom the reader learns captured Ma and imprisoned her in Room, visits Ma in the night. He shouts that she should have asked for candles as a Sunday treat. Ma and Jack make a birthday cake, but Jack throws a tantrum because there aren’t five candles. They have a nap, and then they have dinner. They complete more of their daily routine, such as reading more books and doing exercises. Ma measures Jack’s height on the door frame. Jack watches TV and interacts with Dora the Explorer as if she were real. ![]() Ma takes two painkillers for her bad tooth. He describes his interactions and daily routines with inanimate objects, such as the table and the spoon. ![]() The narrative perspective is Jack's therefore, the dialogue is extremely matter-of-fact and juvenile. The novel opens with Jack turning five and Ma giving him a drawing she did of him as a gift. ![]()
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