Comparing Stephen King's The Shining And Stanley Kubrick

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Introduction: Stephen King’s book, The Shining, and Stanley Kubrick’s film have many differences and similarities. Both the movie and the book is centered around a family of three. The dad, John Torrence, the mom, Wendy Torrence, and the child, Danny Torrence who have a rough time at Overlook hotel. While they are very similar, Stephen King’s book, The Shining, and Stanley Kubrick’s film show the many small and large differences. Stanley takes a different route in his interpretation of Stephen’s story with the main characters’ personalities and how the Overlook hotel has taken a toll on them. Paragraph 1(differences with John/Jack): Jack Torrence, or John Daniel Torrence, is portrayed differently in both the book and the movie. The effect

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