The Shining
...name of "The Overlook Hotel" to be the caretaker over the winter month's,
because of coast of keeping a twenty-five mile road, in which it take to get to
the hotel open, because of all the snow. To get the job as the caretaker of the
hotel, he would be alone for five months, and have free food, and also free stay
at the hotel, all Jack has to do is mantiance and handyman work around the hotel.
He arrives for the interview and meets Lloyd (the manager of the Overlook
Hotel) they discuss certain duties and jobs that will be needed around the hotel,
and then Lloyd brings up a certain account that happened a couple of years back
at the hotel, about a man that murdered his family from what you call "cabin
fever" caused by seclusion and away from everything. Jack is stuned by what he
hears and then quickly say's something to the effect of not having to worry
about something like that happening, and that he needed the months off to get
started on a book he was writing. Lloyd decides to let him have the job, and
asked him to come back the next day. The next day Danny (his son) and wife Wendy
and Jack left for the hotel.
They arrive and get there bags dropped off, it is the last day the hotel is open
for the season, and people are checking out, and workers cleaning up, so they
can leave for the spring. Jack and Wendy goto meet up with Lloyd, and Danny
leaves for the game room. Lloyd takes them around the hotel to look around and
get a feel of were they will be staying, and shows them their rooms. They stop
and meet up with the head cook Dick Hallorann, Lloyd ask Dick to show Wendy and
Danny around the Kitchen as he takes Jack to see the rest of the hotel. Dick
Hallorann goes threw the kitchen and shows Wendy what to do, and what to use,
etc... all threw this time of the tour Dick keeps on using a mind signal, a
voice to communicate, at first Danny does not realize...
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