"Room" Case study
Room Case Study
Argument:
If Jack ever gets out of Room, he will be mentally ahead of his age because his mother has been with him this whole time to teach him, and he is above his current grade level in learning. However, Jack will be socially and physically behind his own age. Jack has only communicated with his mother his whole life and has not developed social skills. Also, Jack will be physically behind due to the lack of nutrition and from being trapped in an 11X11 room. I think with time Jack will develop social skills and mentally be the same as his own age, but I think he will always be behind physically.
Evidence/Background:
Jack will be ahead of his own grade because in the story Room, Jack had his mother with him the whole time, and she taught him vocabulary and how to read/write. For example, they played games for him to learn his vocabulary. Most of the kid’s Jack age have not learned how to read or write yet. Jack will have a hard time with social development when he first gets out because he has not communicated with other people besides his own mother and Dora on the TV. For example, he won’t know how to refrain from talking to strangers because he has been told that people are only on TV. To go along with that last argument, Jack will have a hard time mentally getting used to everything in the world. His whole life he has been trapped in the room and has been told that everything outside is unreal, outer space, doesn’t exist. I feel he will have a hard time accepting what is real and unreal because he thinks that people, dogs, icecream, etc are unreal while lamps, tables, and Dora are real. Jack will be physically behind from children his own age because again, he has been trapped in an 11 X 11 room his whole life. He hasn’t been able to run around and get proper exercise like other children. Jack and his mom try to run in a track around the room for exercise, but they are so limited on space that this will affect his development
Argument:
If Jack ever gets out of Room, he will be mentally ahead of his age because his mother has been with him this whole time to teach him, and he is above his current grade level in learning. However, Jack will be socially and physically behind his own age. Jack has only communicated with his mother his whole life and has not developed social skills. Also, Jack will be physically behind due to the lack of nutrition and from being trapped in an 11X11 room. I think with time Jack will develop social skills and mentally be the same as his own age, but I think he will always be behind physically.
Evidence/Background:
Jack will be ahead of his own grade because in the story Room, Jack had his mother with him the whole time, and she taught him vocabulary and how to read/write. For example, they played games for him to learn his vocabulary. Most of the kid’s Jack age have not learned how to read or write yet. Jack will have a hard time with social development when he first gets out because he has not communicated with other people besides his own mother and Dora on the TV. For example, he won’t know how to refrain from talking to strangers because he has been told that people are only on TV. To go along with that last argument, Jack will have a hard time mentally getting used to everything in the world. His whole life he has been trapped in the room and has been told that everything outside is unreal, outer space, doesn’t exist. I feel he will have a hard time accepting what is real and unreal because he thinks that people, dogs, icecream, etc are unreal while lamps, tables, and Dora are real. Jack will be physically behind from children his own age because again, he has been trapped in an 11 X 11 room his whole life. He hasn’t been able to run around and get proper exercise like other children. Jack and his mom try to run in a track around the room for exercise, but they are so limited on space that this will affect his development