Week #1 -Cora

This week we watched The Shining. It is about the Torrance family who watches over a hotel one winter isolated from most people. Throughout the movie, the little boy, Danny, starts seeing other people in the hotel with them because of his psychic abilities. He also sees hallways filled with blood, dead bodies, and the word “murder” written on a door backwards. As Danny has his visions, his father, Jack, isolates himself more and more. He often says that he is busy writing his novel. As he becomes more isolated, he gets more aggressive toward his wife and child. Jack also begins seeing a man in the hotel ,named Lloyd. As Jack and Lloyd spend more time together, Lloyd convinces Jack to “deal with” his wife and child. Jack eventually agrees and tries to kill Danny and his wife, Wendy. The Shining is a great example of how isolation can drive one insane. Not interacting with anyone, accept Danny and Wendy, caused him to create an imaginary “friend” to talk to, and eventually drives him to become psychotic.