The Shining :: essays research papers

The ShiningThe story take moorage in Colorado and begins with squat Torrence, going to a placeby the name of "The Overlook Hotel" to be the caretaker over the winter months,because of coast of keeping a twenty-five mile road, in which it take to get tothe hotel open, because of either the snow. To get the job as the caretaker of thehotel, he would be alone for five months, and have free food, and also free stayat the hotel, all tinkers dam has to do is mantiance and handyman work around the hotel.He arrives for the interview and meets Lloyd (the manager of the OverlookHotel) they discuss certain duties and jobs that will be needed around the hotel,and so Lloyd brings up a certain account that happened a couple of years backat the hotel, about a man that murdered his family from what you call " confinefever" caused by seclusion and away from everything. Jack is stuned by what hehears and then quickly says something to the effect of not having to worryabout someth ing like that happening, and that he needed the months off to getstarted on a book he was writing. Lloyd decides to let him have the job, andasked him to come back the next day. The next day Danny (his son) and married woman Wendyand Jack left for the hotel.They arrive and get there bags dropped off, it is the last day the hotel is openfor the season, and people are checking out, and workers cleaning up, so theycan leave for the spring. Jack and Wendy goto meet up with Lloyd, and Dannyleaves for the game room. Lloyd takes them around the hotel to look around andget a feel of were they will be staying, and shows them their rooms. They stopand meet up with the passing play cook Dick Hallorann, Lloyd ask Dick to show Wendy andDanny around the Kitchen as he takes Jack to see the rest of the hotel. DickHallorann goes threw the kitchen and shows Wendy what to do, and what to use,etc... all threw this time of the crack Dick keeps on using a mind signal, avoice to communicate, at first Da nny does not realize it, but then as the passwraps up, the family meets back up, and Dick offers Danny some ice cream asLloyd takes Wendy and Jack to another part of the hotel. As Danny is eattinghis ice cream, Dick is talking to him, and then talks about, what he was doing