Joe’s Comments (group member since Oct 17, 2016)

Joe’s comments from the F 16 Junior English group.

Stephen King’s The Shining will definitely scare you. It is the story of Jack Torrance who is working as a winter caretaker at the haunted Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Jack is joined by his wife and son who possesses telepathic abilities that are referred as “the shining”. Jack, a recovering alcoholic and writer, hopes the isolation will help him reconnect with his family and give him the solitude he needs to finish writing his play. The backdrop is predictable, a haunted hotel that houses ghosts and demons, a psychic kid and Jack an imperfect man with many demons of his own. The story line is not what scares you, it is the way Stephen King weaves the plot. He sucks you into his story with his words. His description of the characters both good and horrifying transports you right to the Overlook Hotel. You can read a description of The Shining, but you will never know the novel until you read it.