finds out that the character Old Nick wanted to give him a present and his mother says he is not allowed to have it.
This led to more arguments and eventually caused Jack to grow a hatred towards his mother. When Jack’s mother told him the truth about the world outside he refused to listen to her as he began to do often throughout the novel, he grew to distrust and hate his mother because she did not give him what he wanted physically like the candles and then mentally was feeding him what he believed to be false information. This conflict made it difficult for Jack’s mother to plan their escape from the room. Jack often did not want to hear his mother’s plans to leave because he was afraid and thought she was lying about everything. He went along with the plans as a joke in order to satisfy his mother.
Jack’s motivation is making his mother happy and also the thought of the world Outside the door being like on TV and wanting to live out there with his mother.
Jack notices that his mother truly believes there is a whole world with streets, and cars, and buildings like on the television and because she is unable to escape the room she is sad. In order to keep her happy Jack goes along with her plans to escape because he does not want to see his mother cry, or what her to be angry with him. Every time he goes along with his mother’s escape plans and practice for the day they escape, Jack get nervous about messing up and is afraid to go through with the plan. When he becomes afraid he thinks of how happy and proud his mother would be of him, and this gives him the motivation to keep going. For example, when he is halfway through the escape plan and is outside in Old Nick’s truck Jack begins to forget parts of the plan and becomes afraid because he does not know what to do. He states that he then hears his mother’s voice in his head encouraging him and this motivates him to try harder. Despite having some conflict with his mother, in the end Jack loves her, and she becomes his motivation until the end of the
novel.