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

Gracie’s comments from the Stranger Things group.

The Shining

The popular television show “Stranger Things,” directed by Ross and Matt Duffers, captivates the idea that humans aren’t the only ones on this earth by it’s supernatural characteristics and events that occur in the series. In his novel, “The Shining,” Stephen King introduces this same supernatural effect that takes place in the form of thirty year old, Jack Torrance, and torments Jack’s wife and five year old son in a hotel far from civilization.

In Stephen King’s novel “The Shining,” he gives Danny, a little boy, the power to read people’s thoughts and know what they’re feeling. Danny can read what his parents are feeling and can know their thoughts, as well as others’ thoughts and feelings. He also has this imaginary “friend” named Tony who “speaks” to Danny and appears to Danny from far away. He speaks to Danny through many different, unusual ways, like on page 46, Tony shows Danny multiple boards with words engraved on them like, “ NO SWIMMING. DANGER! LIVE WIRES, THIS PROPERTY CONDEMNED. DANGER OF DEATH….” and he shows Danny the word REDRUM through green fire. REDRUM backwards is murder.