In order to achieve its goal, the hotel takes over the person dearest to Danny: his father. Jack's character becomes progressively darker, first by scolding Danny for violating his rules that he was to stay out of the guest rooms, then eventually returning to his drunken self (the ghosts supplying an open bar for Jack prior to their ball).

This force manifests itself with flickering lamps and spectral voices and eventually a full-on masked ball from the Overlook's past.ĭanny is the first to fully notice the darker character of the hotel, having experienced visions and warnings that foreshadow what he and his parents will encounter over the winter. There is a force within the building that seems determined to use Danny for an unknown, possibly sinister purpose. Starting on November 1st, it gradually becomes evident that the hotel's ghosts are more than figurative and far from peaceful. Hallorann tells Danny that he too 'shines', and that Danny can contact him telepathically anytime he needs assistance. Upon entering the Overlook and meeting its head cook, Dick Hallorann, Danny discovers that his psychic powers grant him a form of telepathy. Hoping to succeed and move on as a writer, Jack is happy to take the job as it will provide desperately needed funds and the time to complete his first Play. Now, nursing a life of sobriety and pulling in work as a writer, Jack and his family take on the job of looking after the Overlook Hotel, a large colonial building in a picturesque valley in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Horrified by what he has become, Jack tells his wife Wendy that should he ever start drinking again, he will leave them one way or another, implying that he would rather commit suicide than continue living as an alcoholic.

He is also on the verge of losing his family, after assaulting his young son Danny Torrance in a drunken rage just a year earlier.

Jack Torrance's alcoholism and explosive temper have cost him his teaching job at Stovington, a respectable prep school. He lives there isolated with his wife Wendy and his young son Danny. Author Jack Torrance works as caretaker at the Overlook Hotel, during the winter.

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