Overlook Hotel

The Native American Genocide that swept America “The Shining” is a classic horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, released on May 23, 1980. The movie takes place in the home of the three main characters Jack Torrance, Wendy Torrance and Danny Torrence aka Doc. Jack goes for an Interview and ends up getting the job during the winter as the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. The Overlook Hotel is known to have many Native American patterns on the floor and curtains even on Wendy’s clothes. Danny’s imaginary friend Tony can predict what’s going to happen , sense when something bad is going to happen, and overhear conversations that his parents are having without being near them. Jack then gets the job and as they settle into the Overlook Hotel…

Shining is about a family who takes residence in a secluded hotel for the winter during its off season. The hotel is home to evil spirits that manipulate the father, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), into a violent state. His psychic son (Danny Lloyd) suffers from the abuse from his past, while having frightening visions of the past and future. Kubrick infuses the perfect elements of horror to build tension to create a frightening narrative. Kubrick’s use of dialogue, color symbolism,and sound…

All of the evil of the hotel, which is possessing Jack, eventually fights with Danny. The Overlook is working through Jack to make Danny be obedient, and to not run away; Danny has to be "chastised" (Kubrick 1980). The young boy, however, has known that the hotel has been trying to know what he 's thinking, and he has been able to resist it 's attempts. Instead of referring to the hotel 's illusions as "pictures," as he formally did, Danny now calls them "false faces," which are fictitious. In…

In both the novel and the film of The Shining, beyond the blood and gore, there is a distinct role of a person of color, Dick Hallorann, in relation to his white counterparts. In the novel by Stephen King, Dick is portrayed as a heroic conqueror, who selflessly endures the monstrous ghosts and ghouls, who are all white, of the Overlook hotel in order to save Danny and Wendy Torrance. He emerges victorious, and even helps the mother and son overcome their grief. However, in the film version,…

techniques such as dialogue, sound and camera techniques to characterise Jack Nicholson’s character, Jack Torrance, by showing how his character changes throughout the film and how isolation is an unnatural environment for human beings to be put into and causes evil to triumph over an individual causing their mindset to be tainted and can set off evil tendencies. During the early stages of this film Kubrick uses camera shots and dialogue to show the audience how evil is a powerful force that is…

Jack is a man filled with desires to be good. He wishes to be a good father, a good husband, and a good writer. However, his temper and alcoholism get in the way. The Overlook hotel amplifies his demons, and turns Jack into a madman. There is also a history of violence within Jack. As a kid, Jack was abused by his father, and watched his father abuse his mother. Jack's father was also an alcoholic. This could explain Jacks abusive and alcoholic behaviors towards his family. Jack believes that…

Stephen King is claimed to be one of the greatest writers of all time with too many novels to count published. On top of the novels, majority of his novels have been turned into a movie or television series. One of the most recognizable novel turned movie is The Shining. The storyline takes place around a struggling writer and his family who became the caretakers of a hotel in the mountains of Colorado for the winter. They are trapped by the snow, and when cabin fever catches up to the man,…

The Movie “The Shining” was one of the best mysteries horror movies of all time. It’s about a family that stayed over the winter in a hotel in Colorado called “The OverLook Hotel”. A man named Jack wanted to write about staying there over the winter and how it will be a good vacation until things got to him and he went psycho. This film has a lot of allusions in most of the scenes, also towards the middle of the time being there Jack did a lot of violent things to Wendy and Danny. When unusual…

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…

12, par. 5). In addition, a ghostly character known as “the dogman” blocked Danny from visiting Jack in the Hotel (King, The Shining: pg. 495, par. 5). “The dogman” was taken advantage of by an opulent owner of the Overlook, Harry Derwent (King, The Shining: pg. 8, par. 3, & pg. 494, par. 7). In this case, since Derwent was a wealthy person, and placed in a position of high authority, he embodied the white imperialists who abused the natives, who are depicted by “the dogman” (King, The…