Room
Why is jack called bonsai?
In the book

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In the book
In Emma Donoghue's novel "Room," Jack is nicknamed "Bonsai Boy" because his confinement and his mother's precise, almost miniature, upbringing, mirroring the care and control of a bonsai tree, is a fitting description of his situation.