Snowy labyrinths and axe wielding Jack Nicholson are a few of the first memories I have of the Shinning. Just recently my husband and I sat down to watch this all-time classic movie by Stanley Kubrick. I also made him suffer through the Documentary Room 237. Were there any subliminal messages in this classic movie? I'm not really a conspiracy theory believer so I wasn't sold on any of the theories. Fake moon landings, Native Americans. No. Just a good old fashioned horror movie.
Chapter one and two of the Shinning sets up some of the back story for the reader. The reader learns a little bit of the history of the hotel as well.
Isolation, murder, booze. Doesn't sound like a place I would check into
any time soon.
Why would Jack Torrence and his family be so desperate to spend a winter baby sitting a huge hotel with almost no connection to the outside world?
Besides learning the back story of the hotel we also learn a little bit more about the Torrence family. Jack is a bit of a drinker and prone to physical violence. They use to have money. And then one day Jack snapped and beat the hell out of one of the students at the school where was teaching. Jack was fired from his job. They lost their nice house in Vermont. And now they live in a crummy apartment that includes entertainment. Their neighbors liked to imitate the Friday night fights.
So will this babysitting gig at the hotel be the salvation that brings the family back to their former moneyed self .
Stay tuned......
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