if yes....can i have a brief summary of it?
2006-07-25 15:43:47 · 12 answers · asked by tara 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
There's a lot going on in that book. You may want to consider renting the movie. It would take less time than reading the book.
2006-07-25 15:45:38 · answer #1 · answered by celia a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two versions of the book were made into movies The Shining 1980 starring Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall is far more enjoyable to watch, but the 1997 remade mini-series starring Steven Webber and Rebecca DeMornay... (lame in a lot of ways because it has to be edited for television) Editing a Stephen King book is like a porn film where no one is naked...but alas....The 1997 version is still more faithful to the actual book. I say rent them both, but base whatever purpose you have (I assume a report) on the 1997 film. If that is too much effort go to:
http://www.houseofhorrors.com/shiningbook.htm
2006-07-25 22:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by All I Hear Is Blah Blah Blah... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in up in the secluded mountains of Colorado. Jack, being a family man, takes his wife (Shelley Duvall) and son (Danny Lloyd) to the hotel to keep him company throughout the long, isolated nights. During their stay, strange things occur when Jack's son Danny sees gruesome images powered by a force called 'the shining' and Jack is heavily affected by this. Along with writer's block and the demons of the hotel haunting him, Jack has a complete mental breakdown and the situation takes a sinister turn for the worse.
2006-07-26 01:01:20 · answer #3 · answered by fzaa3's lover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, here goes: A family a three: a man who is an ex teacher/writer who is at his last rope, a woman who thinks this is a good chance to regain family compsure, and a little boy who has agift to see in the beyond stay at the hotel over the winter and each of them will be tested and have to battle their inner demons. Read it, it's a touching, scary, and super sad book.
2006-07-25 22:49:34 · answer #4 · answered by Opinion Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The website http://www.houseofhorrors.com/shiningbook.htm has a summary. You should really read it yourself though.
And I can't resist adding this Simpsons quote/clip:
Willie: He has the Shinning!" Bart: "Don't you mean" Shining"? Willie: "Shinning", Lad. You want to be sued?! Bart: "Right, the Shinning" ...
2006-07-25 22:49:48 · answer #5 · answered by Samantha H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the library and get the book on tape and listen to it. The movie was good but the book was better as with any Stephen King novel.
2006-07-25 22:49:06 · answer #6 · answered by unicornfarie1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I take it you are in summer school. Sorry we have all graduated already, and are not doing your homework.
Maybe instead of being on your computer, you should go read the book.
And don't rent the movie. Heads up. They are different. The ending especially.
2006-07-25 22:48:55 · answer #7 · answered by GiddyGiddyGoin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bottom line little danny is a psysic and he goes to the over look hotel with his mother and father his father gets possed by the evil ghosts in the hotel and almost kills his mother and danny,all this happens in the hotels off season while his father is the care taker for the hotel.honesty its a great book and your better off reading it
2006-07-25 22:49:13 · answer #8 · answered by kitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't type that much because my wrist is broken! Go to this site:
http://www.houseofhorrors.com/shining.htm
The "shining" refers to "second sight" and being able to see the past or have deep intuition about people and places.
2006-07-25 22:54:37 · answer #9 · answered by annabellesilby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea i have read it but basically a guy gets snowed in inside a cabin and goes crazy. if u need more, READ IT - or rent the movie.
2006-07-25 22:47:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋