I read something in someone else’s review about how this book could be about the supernatural, or it could just be about the state of mind of the protagonists. This is definitely a trope, although this book is pretty old so I don’t know if it started the trend. Thanks, patriarchy! (I’m kidding, that’s a joke)ĭanny Torrance- the Psychic Kid Who Sees All The Ghosts And/Or Miscellaneous Creepy Things And/Or Major Red Flags That The Adults Can’t See. Wendy Torrance- okay, Wendy doesn’t really do that much compared to the other two. He kind of sets up the book’s themes on the destructive nature of alcoholism. He swore off drinking after he broke his son’s arm in a fit of drunken rage. We learn that he used to be an alcoholic, and he has an anger management problem that he’s tried to push under the rug. Most of the beginning is spent setting up the family and fleshing out each of the three main characters: The really interesting thing about this book is the characterization. “Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.”
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