Visions Realized

The last time we saw the Torrance family, the reader was really getting an insight into the family.  Daddy had some sort of demon that was driving him to drink to the point of being an alcoholic and commit violent acts.  Wendy had a domineering mother that blamed her for everything even the breakdown of her own marriage.  She kept coming back for more not only from her mother but also from Jack's bad treatment.  And Danny was psychic. 

So with the start of the 8th chapter it appears that Danny is having another one of his visions.  He wakes up and hears someone drunkenly yelling and at him and can't place where the sound is coming from.  He thinks it might be his imaginary friend Good Time Tony trying to communicate with him.  Nope.  Tony doesn't show up.  And Danny goes back to bed with the word redrum flashing in his mind before he succumbs to sleep.


The next chapter features the family driving and finally making it to the Overlook.  During the drive Wendy is basically being a nervous Nelly.  She wonders if the hotel is going to have enough food.  She even somehow manages to bring the Donner party into the story.  As they finally pull up to the hotel, Wendy gets over her nervousness because she thinks the hotel is gorgeous.  Danny on the other hand has and insight.  With one of his trips down the rabbit hole with Tony he had had a version of snow and redrum.  This is it.  Whatever redrum was it was hear.  One of Danny’s premonitions has been realized.