The Shining is Stephen King’s horror novel about an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic moving his family to a hotel, The Overlook, to start working there as it's off-season housekeeper after being fired from teaching because of his violent outbursts. But before the Jack and his wife Wendy Torrance even move, their small son Daniel (Or Danny) has horrible visions about the hotel brought to him by an “imaginary friend” named Tony. He and his dysfunctional family move to the hotel, where visions continue to swallow the five-year-old boy. Wendy and Jack have their own bouts of trouble; but only spirals out of control once the spirits harm their son and when the dead have Jack drinking his gin martinis. This is when the dead haunting the caravansary …show more content…
The theme that was pulled from the book was family. It may not seem to fit with King’s psychological thriller, but the whole story is revolved around the main characters overcoming or facing their family issues, and mending them. For example, Jack’s father had physically abused him, but he has learned to love his father for the man he could be; kind, caring, and fun; rather than the monster he could turn into. Wendy’s mother kicked her out of the house and out of her life. Once her only son is born, she goes back and tries to fix her shattered relationship with her mother. Although her mother is still controlling and self-centered (as shown when she always deems her daughter’s parenting poor and thinks of ways to take her grandson), Wendy has come to forgive past wounds and try to hope for the future. Danny, although very young, sees his parents’ failing marriage and his father’s outbursts. Even when his father was so drunk that he broke two-year-old Danny’s arm, or when the poltergeists force him to try and kill those he loves the most, Danny loves Jack for the man he truly is. At the end of the novel, when his friend and cook at the old hotel asks if he misses his father, Danny replies with a yes, and that he wishes that he was still alive. The Shining has many themes; dabbling
The characters in both books do this by learning to love, sticking together as a family, and being courageous. I think this theme can stick with anyone, because everyone at one point has felt as if they’ve lost hope, or they can’t be strong, but they just have to persevere with love, courage, and family. The theme affected me by making me feel like even when I’m in a rough patch, I know that things will get better. I hope these two books will stick with me through my life, and help me remember
There’s this really small highway town in New Mexico called Cimarron, and it’s small now but in the late 19th century it was a bustling crossroads for all sorts of people – gold speculators, ranchers, oilmen, and especially those vagrant characters, like Billy the Kid, seeking refuge from whatever lawman was on his tail. In Cimarron is this hotel, the Santa Fe Hotel, and they say that this place is the most haunted hotel still in operation, in the west. The lights flicker on and off, and people, visitors just say they encounter really weird things – like if you go in this one room, you might see a woman out of the corner of your eye, sitting on the windowsill and looking out for someone. And when you turn to face her, she disappears, but all of a sudden you smell a subtle waft of strawberry-scented perfume. Weird – yet you still not sure if this is true? Sounds sketchy, I know. Oh – I should say this hotel is haunted because 23 people have been shot to death in the hotel, either from a bar-fight or card-game or something. Well I went to stay at the hotel for a night, before I headed on to a nearby Boy Scout camp. I went with my troop, and we all got our own rooms. Guess what room I got – the strawbe...
A scene in the story that relates to the author’s theme is when, Roxanne is assaulted by the school bully, Kyle Kroeger, but her brother Joel comes to save her. This situation begins when Kyle assaults
Stephen King's novel The Shining tells of the horrors that face the Torrence family when they spend a winter in the haunted Overlook Hotel. Antagonist Jack Torrence, a recovering alcoholic with violent tendencies when under the influence, desperately searches for a job after losing his position as an English teacher at a local high school. Committed to proving to his wife Wendy and five-year-old son Danny that he has changed for the better, Jack agrees to work as the winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook. Though Jack and Wendy are unaware that the Overlook is haunted, Danny knows better. Dick Hollorann, the chef at the Overlook during its busy season, calls Danny's ability to see what others don't "the shining". He also tells Danny to send him a psychic message if things start going haywire while Danny and his family stay there. Jack eventually goes mad, possessed by the hotel, goes on a mission to kill Wendy and capture Danny. Danny calls for Hollarann who instantly comes to the rescue. The novel ends with Wendy, Danny and Hollarann escaping the hotel just before it explodes with Jack in it. Despite Dick Hollarann's absence for a large portion of the novel, he possesses various qualities which qualify him to be characterized as a hero. Not only does Hollarann have a likable personality, he also adequately displays humility, selflessness and courage.
There are many different themes to every story. In the case of “Goldfish,” “A visit to Grandmother,” Miguel’s experience, and Aaron’s experience, the main theme is about relationships; however, those themes branch off into their own individual meanings. All these stories portray how our relationship with others can lead us to how we are as a person in the future. These stories all have difficult situations with the members of the story that drive you crazy with suspense, making you want to know what happens next. At the end of each story, it shows how the character turned out to be because of the tragic event they had to endure.
The Shining is about a white middle class dysfunctional family that suffers from natural and supernatural stresses in an isolated Rocky mountain hotel. .The father, a former teacher turned writer, is portrayed as a habitual drinker, wife- and child-abuser, with a kind of evil streak The mother is shown as a battered woman. The film suggests that due to the abuse at the hands of his father and the passivity of his mother, the child of this family developed psychological problems. He had imaginary friends and began to see frightening images.
There are seven colored rooms, first blue, then purple, green, orange, white, violet, and finally black. This gives the reader an odd feeling, because the walls, floors, windows, curtains, and furniture in those rooms are all the same color. The most eerie being the black room which contains a ticking clock. When you think of the sound of a ticking clock, it is monotonous and shows us the moving of time. However, in this story it is used to show us how time is running out for the guests, and the fate that no one can avoid--- death. Actually, each room has a corresponding meaning. Light blue meaning birth, purple meaning early childhood, green meaning adolescence and late childhood, orange meaning adulthood, white meaning mid-life, violet meaning old age, and black meaning death. Knowing this and connecting it with our sensory details only make us more uncomfortable, because we can tell what is coming in the
I find that most if not all of the themes that I have found should be imparted to children. A few of them are extremely obvious to see like his first impressions of Mrs. Baker hating his guts to teach kids that age old adage, don’t judge a book by its cover. Another theme that I readily identify is that you must be true to “who you are” which is a commonly developed theme in most coming of age stories. I feel as though Schmidt chose for Holling to read The Merchant of Venice because Shylock is different than everyone else around him and he wants to be his true self. Throughout the story, the author shows us that personal growth can only come from overcoming both internal and external conflicts or obstacles. His feelings of hatred were internal conflicts, he told his sister, "Mrs. Baker hates my guts," she responded with, "Then, Holling, you might try getting some,” because of the inherent theme of the story he gains said guts by the end of the book. One of his external conflicts was being threatened with death if he couldn’t get some cream puffs or tripping Sweiteck while playing soccer. All of these experiences help Holling gain personal growth. Yet another theme present is to be yourself and stand up for what you believe in. Danny punches the bully in the face. Heather stands up to her dad frequently because she is character meant to embody the rebellion of the times. Holling is cowed by his father for the majority of the story, but winds up standing up to him at the end. This eventual “defeat” of his father could be a considered a “George Lucian” ending or rather an “Oedipal” desire to beat one’s father. I found that even though most of these themes were pretty easy to spot they came as a natural part of the story. They add to the tale and teach morals without getting “preachy” with the
The book has a theme that no matter how difficult life gets, do not give up. I got this from the story because Sabrina and Daphne had been through so much
The major themes of the book are directly related to the themes which John Demos uses to tell this story. The storyline moves on though the evolution of one theme to the next. The function of these major sections is to allow the reader to relate to John Williams overall state of mind as the story unfold. By implementing these major themes into his work, John Demos make it possible for the reader to fully understand the story from beginning to end.
Stephen Kings, The Shining, is a mind blowing and intense story about how evil can affect and control people. Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic, takes his wife and son, Danny, up to the mountains in Colorado to a hotel that Jack was recently hired to look over during the winter months. For that period of time, the family will be isolated from the rest of the world. The history and stories of The Overlook hotel, that Jack learns and hears about, indicates that the hotel possesses some kind of evil. In The Shining, King uses flashback, symbolism and foreshadowing to show that the weak can easily become consumed by evil.
It begins with Dr. Montague, who is curious about the paranormal activity of Hill House, along with Luke, Hill House’s family heir, and Eleanor and Theodora, two young women who are brave enough to take on the horrors of Hill House with them. As the week goes on, the evil that lurks in Hill House thrives on the growing enmity between the two women. When Dr. Montague notices how deeply ensnared Eleanor has become by the ghosts of the house, he insists that she leaves for her own safety, while the others stay the rest of time left at Hill House only to be left with a horrific sight when they walked outside the next day. An example of the horror in the story is when Theodora and Eleanor are sleeping in the same room when Eleanor thinks she is feeling Theodoras hand touching, when in fact, it’s not Theodora’s hand at all. “Now, Eleanor thought...holding with both hands to Theodora’s hand, holding so tight she could feel the fine bones of Theodora’s fingers”(Jackson 115). “God God, Eleanor said, flinging herself out of bed and across the room to stand shuddering in a corner, “Who was holding my hand?”(Jackson 116). Another way Jackson portrays the true horror in the novel is when Eleanor begins to be mentally engulfed into Hill House. He mind and her thoughts are being dimented by the demons and spirits overtaking her. “I am disappearing inch by inch into
The theme of the book isn't very different from the movie because of many reasons. Harry still shows us the meaning of being a true wizard. Learning to stick to your goals in life without giving up. This is same in both the movie and book. Harry also shows us to stick with your gut in both the movie and book. Harry accomplishes things he never knew he could on he realized
If I were you I would stop reading from here or you’ll be scared and you’ll never be able to sleep again I warned you don’t tell me I did not. Ok I’m going to start… Jack Smith was a normal guy until he met Eleanor in a nightmare. While he was telling the nightmare his voice started trembling after every single word “ I was in an alleyway and and I saw my grandma but she-she seem so real and healthy but she died in 1942. Then I saw a girl with black shagged hair and gleaming red eyes and pointed to this apartment but my grandma refuse to”… There,there, there,she is! screaming with terror as I was trying to calm him down but after a while he calmed down himself and he never finished his sentence…
The theme of this novel is that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. What I mean is that something good always comes out of the bad. As you could see Steve was mistaken for being the murder of the guy at the Drugstore and almost got life in prison. But at the end of the story, he is found innocent.