The Shining

The Shining

When Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic, was hired to be the caretaker for the Overlook for the winter, he thought it would change the lives of his wife, Wendy, his son, Danny, and his own. He was right. The unusual happenings and sinister forces they faced in the Overlook would change their lives forever. They tormented the Torrance family.

The forces first struck Danny. In a daydream, Tony, his imaginary friend, brought him to the hotel, showing Danny the bad things that go on there. Danny is psychic and is able to see things before and while they happen. For example, when Jack came home from an interview, Danny saw a bloody mallet in the front seat in the car. When the family reaches the hotel, and was taking a tour with the janitor, Danny saw blood everywhere in an old room. One night, Danny was talking with his mom when he saw in blood writing on the wall. The word was RED RUM. As he looked away, the word appeared on the window. While in the hotel, voices called for him and tried to lure Danny into a room, Room 217. As entered the room, the door closed by itself behind him. As he explored the room and entered the bathroom, Danny noticed that there was a woman in the tub behind the shower curtain. Then, Da

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When Grady disappeared Jack saw a wolf mask and under it was a bottle of liquor. He was making Jack drink more and more. As Jack and Wendy went into the kitchen, the cash register on the front desk went KA-CHING, as if it was ringing something up. The noise was people yelling at each other. The sinister forces that tormented these fine people were supposedly kill(if you can say that) when the Overlook was blown up. When he looked behind him, the animals were back to their original positions. While doing this, he heard the voice of Dick, the cook. She got free and threw a croquet ball she found, which broke Jack's nose and killed him. All these happenings can be summed up in two words. When Jack was in the yard, a seesaw was moving up and down. Grady and the manager said that Jack forgot to check the boiler but there was still a chance to save it. Jack tricked Danny into thinking that he was all better, but he wasn't. He broke down the doors in the room to get to Wendy. He looked back and saw that the snow was brushed off the shrub animals.