Isolation In The Shining

“You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said im not gonna hurt ya.im gonna bash your brains in” Jack said. The film “The Shining”, directed by stanley kubrick, was released in 1980. This movie is about a family who caretaker the Overlook Hotel for the off season. From isolation and ghost Jack goes insane and tries to kill Danny and Wendy. Danny is possessed by Tony and sees blood everywhere in the hotel.Wendy tries to defend herself because Jack is tries to kill Danny and herself. “ The Shining” has very interesting parts. The main elements of the film are related to isolation,the presence of ghosts and the family's abusive dynamic. How does isolation drive someone insane?Jack originally wanted isolation from everything and everyone to write his novel. After a while in the hotel he started thinking he was in the novel. Then he started talking to Delbert Grady. When Jack was done talking to Delbert Grady he started wanting to kill Wendy and Danny. The hotel was driving Jack insane because of all the ghost talking to him. What made Jack so insane was Grady telling him he has always been at the Overlook Hotel. Then Jack decided to try to kill Danny and Wendy. In my opinion Jack went insane because of the hotel.Jack first kills Dick Hallorann. On July,1921 there was a ball held at the Overlook Hotel that Jack was at and showed he has been there the …show more content…
The hotel is haunted by the ghosts that are under the hotel and the ghosts of people who were killed there. The people under the hotel were native americans. The hotel was built on top of a burial ground and many more native americans were killed in protest as the hotel was being built. The hotel was haunted by Delbert Grady’s twin girls. The blood in the hotel hallway was most likely the girls and the moms. The cemetery of ghosts looked overly dead like bones were to the point of disintegrating.All of these specific details describe the hotel and how it is