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Officer Oh is the first officer to respond to Ajeet’s 911 call about Jack. Though Jack has difficulty responding to Officer Oh’s questions due to a combination of shock, fear, and uncertain social skills, Officer Oh senses that Jack’s situation is very serious and refuses to give up on him. As she asks him an intense but attentive series of questions about where he comes from and what his life is like, Officer Oh begins unraveling the mystery of Room—and is able to direct her fellow officers to conduct a satellite search of local properties that have freestanding sheds with skylights. Due to Officer Oh’s care and attention, officials are able to find Room—and Ma. Officer Oh is also the one to accompany Ma and Jack back to Room at the very end of the novel, as they return to the site of their captivity to process their freedom and say goodbye.
Officer Oh Quotes in Room
The Room quotes below are all either spoken by Officer Oh or refer to Officer Oh. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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[Ma’s] walking with me up on her hip, I cling onto her shoulders. It’s dark but then there’s lights quick quick like fireworks.
“Vultures,” says Officer Oh.
Where?
“No pictures,” shouts the man police.
What pictures? I don’t see any vultures, I only see person faces with machines flashing and black fat sticks. They’re shouting but I can’t understand. Officer Oh tries to put the blanket over my head, I push it off.
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From the moment Ma and Jack arrive at the police precinct in the wake of their rescue, they are bombarded by “vultures”—the paparazzi. In this passage, Jack is unable to understand what the “lights quick quick like fireworks” are or what the “machines” people are holding all around him truly are. His ignorance as to the mechanics of fame and the media are played here for comedic effect, but as the second half of the book gets underway, Donoghue is also beginning to demonstrate just how claustrophobic life in the public eye can be, drawing parallels between the constraints of Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Ac
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Officer Oh Character Timeline in Room
The timeline below shows where the character Officer Oh appears in Room. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Dying
...is a man with blond hair. The female cop approaches Jack and introduces herself as Officer Oh . She asks Jack his name and age, and he answers her shyly. She asks...
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As the male cop talks into his radio, Officer Oh continues asking Jack questions, such as whether Old Nick is his father and how he...
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Officer Oh tells Jack that she bets he’s great at telling stories. She asks him to tell...
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While her partner drives, Officer Oh asks Jack more questions about Room in order to try to narrow down its location....
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Soon, the car pulls over, and Officer Oh and her partner step out. They leave Jack with a new officer and assure him...
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After
...Jack get out of the car, there are “lights quick quick like fireworks” all around. Officer Oh mutters “vultures” under her breath and attempts to shield Jack with a blanket, but Jack...
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Living
The next day, Officer Oh shows up at the door. Jack and Ma ride with her in her police car...
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...doesn’t follow him, he turns around and sees that she is vomiting onto the ground. Officer Oh asks her if she wants to go back inside, but Ma steadies herself and follows...
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