What's the Difference between Room the Book and Room the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Ma
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Ma
Portrayed by: Brie Larson
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In the Book |
In the Movie |
Ma had a previous pregnancy that didn't live. The baby was buried in the yard of Old Nick's house. |
This isn't mentioned. |
Ma tells Old Nick that she doesn't want Jack buried in the yard with the other baby. |
She wants him buried somewhere nice.
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Ma was 19 when she was first abducted. |
She was 17. |
Ma had a brother named Paul. |
She is an only child.
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Ma is always breastfeeding Jack. |
You don't see her doing it and is only mentioned in passing. |
Ma and Jack stay at the hospital for quite some time. |
They seem to spend a short time there.
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Ma and Jack go from the Hospital to their only place. |
They move in with Ma's mother and Leo. |
Jack meets his grandmother's book club. |
He doesn't.
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Jack cuts his hair because he doesn't need it to be strong. |
He cuts it to send to his mother after her suicide attempt. |
Ma attempts suicide at the hospital. |
She does it at her mother's house.
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Jack is often sucking on Ma's bad tooth. |
He has it in his mouth when he escapes but isn't seen sucking on it much. |
Jack is bitten by the dog when he escapes from Old Nick. |
He doesn't get bitten. The dog just stares at him.
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Jack goes to the Mall with his Aunt, Uncle and Cousin. |
He doesn't go and the other characters don't exist. |
The story is told from Jack's perspective. |
We see the story from Multiple characters point of view.
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