While I was in the library browsing the books, one in particular caught my eye, Room by Emma Donoghue. The book's dark colors and large red letters with a child in the background gave a feeling of evil, much like that of the horror film Insidious, and suggested that the book had a horror or supernatural theme. Audrey Niffenegger, famous of course for The Time Traveler's Wife among other popular novels, praised Room, saying it was "a book to read in one sitting." This, combined with Room being shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize and a #1 Sunday Times bestseller, raised my expectations considerably and cemented it as my choice for this review. I read this book for pleasure, however, I must admit that I couldn't wait to finish it, which resulted in irrational irritation towards the characters and negatively affected my response to and interpretation of the book. I realized there were four sections to the book; present, “non-lying,” dying and living. The titles of these four sections reminded me of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly; the caterpillar is represented as present, "non-lying" represents the truth that the caterpillar is not itself, dying is where it turns into a chrysalis, and finally living is where it turns into a butterfly. This foreshadows that the protagonist will undergo certain changes during his life as he enters the world of the living. The first half of the story is told from the perspective of the protagonist Jack, who is a five-year-old boy. I could relate to Jack's habit of referring to objects in the third person and playing with toys while telling a story, all of which reminded me of myself when I was young. The love and help he gave his mother deepened my appreciation for him, but the actions and values ​​of a...... middle of paper ...... actors are surreal and more irritating without understanding the context.The contemporary reader this approach had an impact on my expectations of Emma Donoghue's book Room; my beliefs and values ​​also strongly affected my interpretation of the text, to the extent that I resisted the author's intention. Works Cited Barthes, R. (1977). Image, Music, Text. London: Fontana Press. Beach, R. & Myers, J. (2001). Inquiry-based English teaching: Engaging students in life and literature. New York: Teachers College Press. Cheng, C. (2014). Reader-centered reading. Fish, S. (1980). Is there a text in this class? : The authority of interpretive communities. London: Harvard University Press. Rush, O. (1997). The reception of the doctrine: an appropriation of the aesthetics of reception and the literary hermeneutics of Hans Robert Jauss. Rome: Gregorian Bible Bookstore.