Room Part 1: Presents Quotes
Room Part 1: Presents Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
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Quote 1
"You look like me. I guess because you're made of me, like my spit is. Same brown eyes, same big mouth, same pointy chin…" (1.61)
Ma is explaining what she means by calling Jack "the dead spit of me," but she's also doing a good job of explaining DNA and genetics on a level that a five-year-old can understand.
Quote 2
"Should have reminded me, I could have brought him something. What's he now, four?" (1.414)
Technically, Old Nick is family. He's Jack's dad. And it's really weird when he acts like a dad, albeit a really terrible, horrible, no-good, bad dad. He doesn't know how old Jack is, or remember his birthday, but he still wants to bring him a present.
Quote 3
Another rule is, the wide of the walls is the same as the wide of Floor, I count eleven feet going both ways, that means Floor is a square. (1.185)
And that means that Ma has been inside an 11x11 room for eight years. It's all Jack knows, and he's small, so it's not that strange for him, but Ma's claustrophobia must be out of control.