Room Part 4: After Quotes

Room Part 4: After Quotes

How we cite the quotes:
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Jack

Quote 19

"I don't want there to be bad stories and me not know them." (4.1051)

Jack wants to know everything, and we mean everything, even if it makes him feel uncomfortable, scared, or weird. That's pretty ambitious for someone of any age.

Jack

Quote 20

I don't see any vultures, I only see person faces with machines flashing and black fat sticks. (4.6)

Now that Jack is in the Outside, he's going to experience lots of euphemisms and idioms that seem strange to him. He doesn't understand that "vulture" is another term for "paparazzi," though it'll make a lot of sense to him once he does get it… he'll understand that the photographers are scavengers.

Jack

Quote 21

Some [crayons] are spelled wrong on purpose for a joke, like Mauvelous, that's not very funny I don't think. (4.815)

Jack takes language very seriously. His spelling is good, his pronunciation impeccable. He's a little grammar Nazi in training, seeing these little puns on the crayons as serious offenses against the rules of good grammar.