The conversation ends with Dick saying to Danny, "If there is trouble.you give a shout." Dick warns Danny to avoid Room 217, and reassures him that the things he may see are merely pictures which cannot harm him. Dick informs Danny that he shares Danny's abilities (though to a lesser degree), as did Dick's grandmother, who called it "shining". Shortly after the family's initial arrival at the hotel, Danny and the hotel chef, Dick Hallorann, talk privately to discuss Danny's talent and the hotel's sinister nature. Jack's job was provided to him as a last chance by a close friend of his, Al Shockley, a fellow recovering alcoholic, who knows the hotel's board of trustees.ĭanny's clairvoyance makes him sensitive to supernatural forces. Jack, his wife Wendy, and the clairvoyant Danny move into the Overlook. Jack also plans to write a new play, believing the isolation will inspire him. After losing his teaching position and giving up drinking, Jack accepts a job as a winter caretaker at the large, isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado to prove that he has recovered from alcoholism and is now a responsible person. He is trying to rebuild his life after previously breaking his son Danny's arm and assaulting a pupil at a Vermont prep school where he was a teacher. Jack Torrance, a loving father when sober, is a temperamental alcoholic and aspiring writer.
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