Can someone explain to me The Shining by Stephen King?!?

Question

I read The Shining from all of the fuzz about it, and how everyone said it's so terrifying and scary. No such thing. I didn't feel slightly scared but had a shiver once. What's so scary about it?? What is in the end the conclusion???

Answer 1

Stephan King in writing the shining gave us a different perspective on cabin fever .and what can happen when you are left alone with out any outside companionship and left to your own devices.in the story he shows how people adapt to suggestions and how there minds deteriorate or become stronger when faced with the unknown, in this case a haunting.in the end the story shows how once again how good prevails over evil. the scary part is wondering how you yourself would react in such a situation, ghosts, voices in your head,and paranoia

Answer 2

In the shining the little boy can see and hear all the spirits and what not he is in effect a psychic. His dad has some of these same abilities but to a lesser degree. The htoel has had many horrible things happen there that have left behind spritual imprints if you will. They are mostly dormant and harmless unless you have the psychic energy to get them going. The little boy has such pychic powers that hes like a battery that jumps starts all the evil stuff in the hotel. The hotel wants him to stay there for ever and keep it going. The dad goes crazy and starts working withe the spirits of the htoel to kill the boy (which will basically ensure that he stays there forever) so the Hotel grows in power the dad goes nuts and everyone is trying to kill the boy to keep him there. The mom and the boy escape in the end and the hotel is burned to the ground. Hopefully that explains it. I loved the book myself found it very errie the twin girls and the lady in the bathtub freaked me out.

It is scarier than the shinng if you ask me i love that book buts long so its a real commitment to read.

Answer 3

The "thing" King does is puts the reader into a situation that is possible.

In the Shining, he takes a perfectly happy, healthy but down on their luck family and puts them into a house (as caretakers) that controls them. Dad goes nuts, and except for his sons ability to see what's coming, would kill them all. Regardless of the reasons, the fact that a man could turn so radically, to some is scary, to some it happens, to other--like yourself, so what.

Answer 4

It's about psychosis. The idea of a person slowly going insane and murdering his family is pretty freaky to most people.