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    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.…

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    Building Tension in The Shining by Tyler Johnson Chesapeake College The Shining (1980) is a horror-drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, The 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)…

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    “The Shining”has very powerful meanings. “The Shining”, directed by Stanley Kubrick, was released May 1980. This movie is about a family who takes the job of taking care of the hotel in the middle of nowhere.In “The Shining”, Jack went from being loving , to being distant, to being mentally ill and violent , in just of a couple of months. Although “The Shining is one of the best horror movies , it is more than that. It has a deeper meaning through the use of symbolism , and scenes depicting…

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    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, Stanley Kubrick frames Hallorann as a weak, insignificant individual in comparison to the whites around him. Hallorann is murdered almost immediately upon arrival to the hotel, and his efforts are not acknowledged. Whereas King illustrates that…

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    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, Jack, things get out of hand. People worldwide love the novel and the movie, but Mr. King has spoken out against the movie version due to changes made by the director, Stanley Kubrick. The variations between the novel and movie include: Jack Torrance’s battle…

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    As the years have gone by it can be said that SleepSmart has acquired a great sense of business ethics, albeit for one area that they have neglected terribly, their potential for the use of technology in day to day business operations. It can be said this was a result of the company focusing its attention to everything but the effective use of their IT business group, highlighted by the attitude of senior management towards recommendations provided by both the CIO and Chief Architect (Stan…

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    that the problem of designing fences, price sensitivity and customers’ trust of the organization would appear to have been the most significant feature where might listed the outcome of market segmentation strategy. However, it is hard to measure a hotel customers’ psychological choice of price sets under different business in the real business world. As a consequence, future work need incorporate the instructional elements of real business and research into the study…

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    The front desk officer is responsible for leading and assisting with hotel front office functions, primarily interacting with guests and facilitating hotel check-in and check-out procedures.The front desk officer requires exceptional customer service to guests. The individual alone, must have excellent management and communication skills. The Guests’ first impression…

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    include, five star hotels, luxury spas, fine dining, shopping, wine tastings, outdoors recreation, high profiles, and extravagant transportation. When it comes to our business, all the mentioned industries related to our concept are highly important. This is because we offer a 360 Degree full coverage package, and we want our guests to feel safe, secure, and content the entire time they are with us. We will go above and beyond to ensure our customers are satisfied. The hotel industry is very…

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    The hotel industry has completely changed in the past ten years. Even this year for the merger between Marriott and Starwood, hotels became more environmentally friendly, or having theme park resorts. But these aren’t even the biggest trends. Today hotels are focusing their attention to the increasing demographic group of the Millennials. With that in mind hotels are interested in a couple factors first starting with what is a Millennials. Next what demands and need Millennials have, how they…

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