Finally a hero

At the end of the Dying chapter, Jack and Ma have finally been able to escape Room. I think this is the part where Jack finally becomes a hero. The biggest part of this is the absolute courage he exhibits in overcoming his fears of the unknown Outside. Ma is the one who comes up with the  plan, inspired by Jack, but Jack is the one who actually has to do all the hard work. Of course it would be wrong to discredit Ma, but Jack probably had it harder emotionally and psychologically. Jack was almost unable to even remember the 9 step plan to escape. Then he has to go through the trauma of having to experience the wide open world for the first time. He has no idea what to expect, and everything that he sees scares him. And when he misses the first part of the plan, he freaks out, because he has no idea if anything will even go right anymore. The most he can do is just try to follow up with the rest of the plan, if possible. And when he is found out by Old Nick, all he knows to do is run. He is extremely lucky that there is another man there that has some sense of the bad situation that is occurring. Then the dog bites him, and he has no idea what that means. He thinks that the dog is a vampire and wants to drink his blood.

I think that the most amazing thing, however, that Jack did was talk to the police officer. Jack has no concept at all of other people except for his mother. The fact that he was even able to communicate with them in a semi-intelligent way, allowing the cops to save his mother, is incredible to me. His focus on rejoining with his mother and following through with the plan is what pushed him through the talking.

But then he learned that they will never be going back to Room. To completely leave behind everything you have ever known and loved, without a reason that you can truly comprehend is awful. I feel bad for Jack in his loss of his life up until this point. He will definitely have a difficult time adapting to his new situation.