In what is one of King’s best examples of foreshadowing, Watson reminds Jack that he has to check the boiler consistently. Ullman and Watson show Jack the hotel’s boiler room. His wife, Wendy, has considered divorcing him and has experienced a great deal of embarrassment and stress over his addiction. Additionally, his marriage is on the rocks.
Readers later learned that Jack has recently broken his son Danny’s arm while drunk. He was fired in the past for losing his temper at work and is currently in recovery from alcohol abuse. This makes the manager think about Jack’s background. A previous winter caretaker, Grady, murdered his wife and twin daughters in a drunken rage. Within the first pages, readers receive information about the history of the hotel. He’s going to have a play to work on to keep him occupied and his wife and son will be able to stay busy as well. But Jack believes that everything is going to be all right. Ullman tells Jack that while at the hotel, he and his family (his wife and his son) are going to be completely isolated. The manager, Stuart Ullman, is interviewing Jack and admitting his reservations about hiring the man.īut, he does so on the advice of his friend Al (who is also friends with Jack Torrance). But, it is going to be Torrence’s job to look after the building. The hotel, which depends heavily on summer tourism, is closing for the winter. That of the winter caretaker at the Overlook Hotel. Stephen King’s novel begins with the antagonist, Jack Torrance, being interviewed for a new job. Spoiler alert: important details of the novel are revealed below. It’s up to his son, Danny, to figure out how he and his mother, Wendy, can escape with their lives intact. He turns to violence, as past guests have, and his family has to fight for survival. Jack struggles and eventually fails to fend off the hotel’s evil influence.
As he works and tries to maintain his sobriety, his family deals with the evil presence lurking within the hotel. As the new winter caretaker, the main character Jack Torrance is responsible for the upkeep of the hotel during the off-season. ‘ The Shining‘ follows the three-member Torrance family as they move into the Overlook Hotel for the winter season.
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