Spirits And Premonitions In The Shining

In The Shining, Jack Torrance moves to the a place called Overlook with his son, Danny and wife, Wendy. Jack becomes the caretaker of the place during the Winter times while all the workers are away on break. His son, Danny can see and witness premonitions with his spirit friend, Tony. Danny has what people may call the shining. However, not many have it and if they do not many show it. As the Torrance family stays in the Overlook, Danny’s visions become frequent and wilder to the point where they actually start happening. Soon the Hotel comes alive and the family begins to see the ghost of all who lived and died in the hotel. The hotel begins to take over Jack, Danny’s father due his vulnerability and weaknesses he has. Jack begins to rampage and the Hotel tells him to go and kill his family and igniting his darkest desires and weaknesses. Danny signals to Hallorann (Dick) the black chef to come and help them. Danny tries to talk to the hotel spirit that has possessed his father and mentions the boiler overheating. The spirit becomes upset and runs to the boiler while Dick, Danny, and Wendy run out of the house as the Hotel explodes with Jack and the Spirit still inside. …show more content…
It focuses on the archetype of spirits and premonitions. The mood of the book is intense and full of tension. It’s suspenseful and the reader will most likely be waiting for the darkness right around the corner. Stephen King creates the mood by giving the reader different perspective of almost each character and what their thinking, even their darkest thoughts. The author wants the reader to think about that even the most realistic stories can involve unnatural horror. Also, the persistence of evil and how it doesn’t waver, it just grows stronger and pries on the weakest