Part one of term paper
Stephen King's The Shining is a story about a family, the Torrances who stay at Overlook Hotel for the winter season. The father, Jack Torrance takes his family (wife, Wendy and son, Danny) up to this remote hotel to work as a caretaker for the off season. Jack is a recovering alcoholic who was fired from the university where he taught creati ...

Part two of term paper
... friend named Tony who comes to him in his dreams. Danny uses Tony to interpret his psychic abilities or "the shining" as Hallorann calls it. Dick Hallorann is the Overlook's head chef who sticks around to show the Torrances the kitchen and supplies before he embarks on his vacation for the winter. Hallorann notices the shining in Danny and his father and offers his help in case of an emergency by telling Danny to yell in his mind and he'll come right away. After a few months the Torrances finall ...