RoomEmma Donoghue

Characters in Room

3 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

Jack (Room)
The five-year-old narrator, born in and raised entirely inside Room, the locked space where he and his mother are held captive; the novel is told through his limited, naive perspective.

Antagonists

Old Nick
The man who abducted Ma from her college campus at nineteen and has held her and Jack captive in a purpose-built backyard shed for seven years.