Book One Project

 Room Museum Exhibit

(CAUTION SPOILERS)

Room

This will be an exciting simulation of Room. It will feature Wardrobe, Bed, TV, skylight, the hole, and more. This will be a life size room where people can walk in and imagine what it would feel like in Jack and his Mother’s position. They will be able to enter Wardrobe and imagine sleeping in there every night for five years. What would you do if you had to eat the same things every week? See their daily meals and weekly list. What would you do every day for 24 hours?  See their daily schedule and how they past their time.

Jack’s Vision

“I walk on flowers by accident, there’s hundreds not a bunch like the crazies send us in the mail, they’re growing right in the ground like hair on my head.” Jack is only five and has a different interpretation of things. When reading this book it is sometimes hard to understand why he thinks or does something the way that he does. In this part of the exhibit you will be able to look at the things in the book as Jack sees them. What seems normal to someone like you and I, is completely different to Jack. You will be able to look through a series of glasses to see several different scenarios that Jack encounters throughout this story. Look at Jack’s Vision of Old Nick, Police Officers, The City, and more.

The Brown Truck

The Brown Truck is a big part of the book. In one scene when Jack and his Mother plan their escape, Jack must play dead until he is in the truck. This is Jack’s first time out of Room and the first time in a car. Jack is very scared and confused about what is happening. He must time the cars stopping to indicate when to jump. “There’s another beep but a different. A rattling like all metals. Up again, then crash, on my face, ow ow ow. Bang. Then she starts to shake and throb and roar under my front, its an earthquake…” In this section of the exhibit you will be able to sit in a simulator where you have to decide when to jump. When you make the decision there will be a surprise waiting for you – a whole new world that you’ve never seen before.

Drawing Station

Draw what you think Jack and the other characters would look like. If you don’t enjoy drawing but you want to share our own opinion of the way they look we will provide a professional artist for a small charge. After your drawing is complete give it to the front desk for a competition on the closest look alike to Jack and his Friends. All drawing will be given to the author and compared to her thoughts of the way she imagined them while writing the book.

Children’s Corner

Can’t make it to the exhibit because you can’t find a babysitter.  Bring the kids with you, they can play in the children’s corner. Your children can play the way Jack did. They can make their own eggsnake, play the number game, and have Physical Education. “Eggsnake is more longer than all around Room, we’ve been making him since I was three, he lives in Under Bed all coiled up keeping us safe… His tongue is a needle, that keeps red thread going right through him.” They can even make their own Sunday treat list. There will also be a small truck simulator where they can pretend that they have to escape from the Room. Your children can read Jacks favorite books, Alice in Wonderland, Here’s Dylan’s’ and more. Let them watch his favorite shows, Barney, Dora, The Wonder Pets, and more. So they will have to jump out of the truck when the time is right. When they leave they can have an orange sucker, Jacks favorite.