Chuck’s Comments (group member since Jan 22, 2019)

Chuck’s comments from the Stranger Things group.

Charlie Collier
Mrs. Jernigan
Class F
23 January 2019
The Shining

In fifth grade, the hockey team that I was on would travel all over the south staying in old marriot suits. Almost every time my dad would be with me in the hotel room. But this particular time in Pelham, Alabama my dad was coming the next day because of a business meeting. So my buddy and his dad drove me down there and checked me into the hotel. That night in my hotel room I could not fall asleep I felt like everytime I would close my eyes someone or something was watching me. In the Shining by Stephen King, King uses weird stories and occurrences about the Hotel to play an affect on Jacks character.
An example of weird story was, “He murdered the little girls with a hatchet, his wife with a shotgun, and himself the same way (pg.12).” This quote is explaining what claustrophobia and isolation can do to the mind. It can cause the human mind to create hallucinations and false emotions of extreme anger which can lead to the murdering of love ones. There has also been many weird occurances in the hotel that have affected Jack’s character. An example of this is, “ He hung up, closed his eyes in the hot booth, and again saw the crashing bike, the bobbing flashlight (pg.63).” This is another example of how the hotel is causing him to do and think abnormal things. The claustrophobia and extreme isolation is causing Jack to act in abnormal ways and is foreshadowing that Jacks new behavior might start to affect his family. So in conclusion, King uses weird stories and occurrences about the Hotel to play an affect on Jacks character.