The hotel will soon close for the winter, but cant be left unattended. Two of the novels central themesnamely, the dangers of alcoholism and the disintegration of the familyare extracts of the authors personal fears. The setting and characters are influenced by kings personal experiences, including both his visit to the stanley hotel in 1974 and his recovery from alcoholism. Discussion of themes and motifs in stephen kings the shining. Kubrick renowned director stanley kubrick was a master of his time, an auteur if you will, who drew his inspiration from various. The novel was adapted into a 1980 film of the same name and later followed by a sequel, doctor sle. It was his third published novel, after carrie and. It was his third novel and his first hardback best seller. The main character jack torrance is a violent, recovering alcoholic who has broken his son, dannys arm while drunk before. In the novel, wendy is a smart, independent blonde. Though he strives to assure danny that the images he sees in the hotel are just like pictures in a book and cant hurt him, dick sternly warns danny to stay out of that room. The shining was stephen kings third published novel, written as his rise to fame as a horror writer was beginning. The shining opens on an eagleeyes view of a car traveling up windy colorado mountain passes. You shine on boy, harder than anyone i ever met in my life.
The shining study guide from litcharts the creators of. The shining how a red book could explain everything. This car belongs to jack torrance, who has driven three hours to the isolated overlook hotel for a job interview. The story of this film is based off the book, the shining by stephen king. According to king, the shining has strong autobiographical undertones. The the shining 1977 novel community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context. Identify how the setting of the shining influences the actions of its characters. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most. The shining summary the shining begins with jack torrance being interviewed for the caretakers job at the overlook hotel. Stephen kings the shining, published in 1977, is a horror novel. It was his third published novel, after carrie and salems lot. The shining is a gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977. Drama analysis of the shining the shining is a 1980 psychological horror film directed by stanley kubrick. Seriously exhaustive analysis of the shining shows kubricks.
The title alerts us to the big idea or central concept around which the novel orbits. The shining study guide contains a biography of stanley kubrick, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Dick hallorann, the cook at the overlook hotel who shares dannys psychic powers, also appears in kings novel, it. Stephen king is known for repeating characters within many of his books, and the shining is no exception. He had a multibook contract from doubleday and hed gone from worrying. The overlooks manager, ullman, is concerned about giving jack the job. Detailed analysis of characters in stephen kings the shining.
Shining or shining on is the phrase used by dick halloran to describe his and fiveyearold danny torrances ability to read minds and mentally converse with others who read minds. He describes the story of a family and specifically of. Most of stephen kings books are that way, they suck you in and take over your life. I would say that king has designed the overlook hotel to operate as the. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller. When halloran talks to danny privately he tells him. The shining is a supernatural horror novel written by stephen king and published in 1977.
The shining is the story of jack torrance, who is employed as the. Fans of the shining or any of stanley kubricks movies understand the importance the director placed on minor details. Learn all about how the characters in the shining such as overlook hotel and danny torrance contribute to the story and how they fit into the plot. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. The shining is the story of jack torrance, who is employed as the caretaker of the gargantuan overlook hotel in colorado one winter. Mike is one of the novels main characters, and hallorann saves his fathers life during an arson attack by white supremacists. It sounds like something thats somehow beautiful and horrible at the same. It centers on the writer jack torrence and his family, as they become the isolated, winter caretakers of the overlook hotel in the rockies. In it, hallorann is an old army friend of mike hanlons dad. Analysis of the shining the shining is a supernatural horror novel written by stephen king and published in 1977. This analysis was a long time coming, considering its not only one i had been intending to do for years and even hinted at in a previous video, but also because its the film that everybody has. Born from a bad dream experienced during a onenight stay at a colorado hotel that was closing for the season, the shining is the first book stephen king.
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