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
Throughout the film, many strange happenings occurred that seriously changed the lives of Wendy, Danny, and Dick who were at the Overlook. The sinister forces that tormented these fine people were supposedly kill(if you can say that) when the Overlook was blown up. But thanks to the people of Colorado, The Overlook Hotel will be rebuilt on the same land. So, I guess you can say that the Overlook Lives!!! Even before they made their presence known to the Torrances, the ghosts made subtle hints during the film. Many doors closed by themselves but the characters didn't know. When the family was inside eating, a double rocking chair started rocking on its own. 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. When Jack was in the yard, a seesaw was moving up and down. When the lights in the hotel flickered, the family thought nothing of it, but the audience knew something bad was going to happen. All these happenings can be summed up in two words. They are DRAMATIC IRONY. That is when the reader, or in this case, watcher is aware of something the character(s) is not. It all began with Jack's struggle with alcohol. That would come back to haunt him ... literally! While Jack was looking at an old photo album, a noise startled him. The noise was people yelling at each other. When shoveling the driveway of the Overlook, Jack heard the sound of snow fall off something. He looked back and saw that the snow was brushed off the shrub animals. The animals started to chase after Jack. As he ran to the steps of the hotel, the animals were back to their original positions. Jack went inside and went into the hotel office. There, a voice came from the CB radio in the office. It was the voice of his dead father. If that wasn't scary enough, the radio was not turned on! After the incident with Danny and Room 217, Jack went to see what was in that room. As he went into the room, with mallet in hand, then into the bathroom, he saw the woman behind the shower curtain. He dropped the mallet and sprinted out the door. After that, he went back t
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Approximate Word count = 1444
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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