![]() ![]() The Shining (1977) was Stephen King’s third novel. As Jack sinks into alcoholism once again, the spirits of the hotel urge him to kill Wendy and Danny, wanting to absorb Danny’s shining so that they can become more powerful. ![]() As the hotel ghosts start to become stronger, drawing on Danny’s shining, they prey on Jack by providing him with alcohol. Jack begins to brood and become angry with Danny over minor matters. Soon after they settle in, spooky things begin to happen. ![]() Halloran warns Danny that the hotel has ghosts and tells him to never go into Room 217. Before the staff depart, the cook Dick Halloran detects that Danny has a powerful case of what he calls ‘the shining’ or psychic ability. Jack intends to spend the winter, where they will be snowed in, to concentrate on writing a play. He, his wife Wendy and seven-year-old son Danny move into The Overlook. Jack is now in recovery and trying to turn his life around. Jack has a drinking problem, which caused him to lose his previous job as a teacher after he punched out a pupil while drunk. Jack Torrance accepts a job as caretaker at The Overlook Hotel in the remote Colorado Mountains while it is closed for the winter season. ![]()
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