Sympathy In The Shining

The following poster was designed by Noah Van Belle to explore the deeper meaning, found in the film The Shawshank Redemption, in just a single and simplistic image. The primary image, which is a rock hammer, represents the motifs of friendship and hope that is displayed throughout the film. The rock hammer is the first item that Andy, the protagonist, obtains from Red, who is also an inmate. This exchange between Red and Andy is the spark of their strong friendship. This friendship proved to be beneficial to Andy not only because he was able to obtain the resources, that he needed for his escape, from Red but he also had a partner to keep him from going insane, in a brutal place such as Shawshank. Red also benefited tremendously from his friendship

William Butler Yeats a writer and irish poet once said, “The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.” In the book, “The Catcher in the Rye,” by J. D. Salinger, a boy named “Holden” is dealing with the consequences of growing up and losing innocence. The story details the importance of being a kid and going through maturity. It also shares the knowledge of learning from mistakes and growing up. Holden experiences all of these elements through loneliness and innocence throughout the book.

One day, Wendy checks Jack’s work that’s deranged nonsense written only by page after page of the typed phrase repeating “all work and no play make Jack a dull boy.” Wendy panics in notice Jack’s lost his mind, while caretaker Dick Hallorann, who’s away for winter, worries about the Torrance family. Dick tries to phone, but has no luck, so he gets police to try radio, but also with no luck either. Dick then decides to go back to the Overlook himself in-person after him being psychically alerted by Danny’s distress signals using “the shining.” Wendy meanwhile searches for Jack who hadn’t yet returned, while she wields a bat defensively, before Jack then catches her cornered in the fresh horror of seeing his insanely written ramblings. Jack continues to follow her upstairs, saying he’ll kill her and Danny too, while Wendy swings her bat and knocks him down, then drags him to the kitchen and locks him in the freezer. Later, Jack escapes the kitchen lock-in, grabs his axe and goes in hunted predatory pursuit after his preyed-upon family. Danny runs outside, while Wendy’s trapped, as Jack’s axe breaks down her protective door. She stabs and runs past Jack, who instead goes downstairs to find and kill Dick Hallorann, done by the savage swings brought by Jack’s brutish axe. After murdering the attempted rescuer Dick, Jack once again corners his wife and son to further chase, but once all are outside and deep

The plan of the “Steel Magnolias” is an autobiography or a bond narrative. While a lot of the action occurs offstage, the on stage (Salon) is the culmination of the emotions generated by the action that takes place off stage. Shelby numerous challenges such her aspiration to become a pregnant besides her illness, breakdown of her health due to diabetes, and her conflicts with her mother takes place offstage. Annelle’s troubles with her husband, who is a villain, and pregnancy and remarriage follow the offstage action. Emotive complexity drives the film (Grandin, 2013).

The Shining is about the Torrance family having to stay at the Overlook hotel for five months. Having that said, the family was completely isolated in such a big place over the winter. The hotel had horrific history of a murder done by Charles Grady who had committed suicide after killing his two girls and wife with an axe. The shocking information given to Jack did not bother him at all and he even said that his wife, Wendy would enjoy a good scary story. The film proceeds into a story that would seem calm and full of tranquility but this would not be the case since it soon enough turns out into something more horrifying. After a month has gone by, one can clearly notice the difference between the old Jack to the new Jack. This has to do with his personality and how he is acting by himself and towards others. His attitude changes to wanting to spend more time alone and not caring to do the work for the hotel, which he was hired to do in the first place. Danny is the young son of Jack who has psychic powers which at times confuses him but most of the time frightens the young boy. Danny encounters the two young girls that were killed in the hotel. Danny tries to avoid the girls as much as possible and tries to stay away from room 237 but it attracted Danny’s attention.

The question on everyone’s mind is what really are the explanations for these “supernatural forces” pegging these poor Puritan towns? Could it really have been witchcraft and magic? Or could there be another explanation for these unusually events? In Arthur Miller 's historical fiction play, The Crucible, Abigail Williams, in order to remove the wife of the man she loves, with the help from the other town girls, she accuses a large portion of her Puritan town of witchcraft. Abigail Williams is to blame, but not entirely, for successfully sentencing many to death because the town did not consider the possible environmental mental disorders, she shows symptoms of primarily, Borderline Personality Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Reactive Attachment Disorder.

The Shining is indeed a tragedy. Jack Torrance is the story’s villain, but it’s easy to feel sympathy for him. Jack is a tortured man and had to watch his father physically abuse his mother when he was a child. He has witnessed domestic abuse first hand, and now as an adult, he became the same man as his father. In the novel, the ending is quite depressing. Jack is a good man, but he is deranged. He’s tormented by his inner demons and the demons of his past. The Overlook is seemingly haunted and is beset by a vengeful spirit dwelling inside of it. This “spirit” possessed Delbert Grady, the previous caretaker to murder his family. The same spirit that possessed Grady is after Jack, and Jack slowly loses his mind and descend into madness. Jack

For many, isolation is a terrible thing and can lead to madness. Dictatorships prosecute individuals who do not agree with the government and sentence them to imprisonment in solitary confinement. Isolation is a form of torture and it causes insanity. The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is a truly interesting case study of human psychology and how the descent of an individual into the depths of insanity can cause them to experience creepy and vivid ghostly encounters, which do not actually physically occur but rather originate from within the depths of the person’s psyche. Examples of such hallucinated encounters surround the main character, Jack Torrance, who, as the movie progresses, transfigures into the deranged antagonist the persons see at the end of the movie chasing his family with an axe. Jack’s psyche and subconscious mind produce visions and ghostly apparitions, all of which embody Jack’s deep violent desires. Jack seems to suffer from a split personality disorder, which is intensified by his loneliness, emotional instability, and feelings of isolation. Jack’s mind is literally falling apart.

Jack Torrance is very unsettled, unhappy and lies in his desire. He has a potential to be a good father, a good husband and a good writer. However, his temper, his alcoholism and the memory of his abusive acholic father had made him a monster. Losing his goodness after alcoholism took over him, he has becoming weak. The evil of Overlook Hotel expanded the demon in Jack and took over him through time. Some of the way the hotel locked down Jack as part of the evil inside it is by the scrapbook. Jack found the scrapbook while snooping around in the boiler room. For Jack, the scrapbook is an idea for his novel he wants to write. His wishes of wring this novel keeps Jake wanting to stay at the Overlook. This scrapbook made him extremely powerless and hooked in knowing more about the secret of Overlook Hotel. So, jack being able to find the scrapbook easily inform that the hotel left if for Jack to find it easily. According to John Connolly, on “The Irish Times: You Are What You Read” he said, “The evil in The Shining is ingrained in the wood and stone of the Overlook Hotel, but it’s also a little worm in the booze-soaked soul of the frustrated writer Jack Torrance”. Overlook Hotel can decimate once ability and it knows who to take in and make part of the hotel. Jack was one of them because of his weakness and desperation to write the novel. It wants Danny, because of his special ability which is shining and his shin is powerful; but whether it gets him or not is down to Jack

Some people would say that it is wrong to not feel sympathy for someone. Everyone’s life is hard in different ways, but some people just don’t deserve it. In the novel, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, this happens to be the case. A deformed human, who lives in the Opera House, has done many bad things and doesn’t deserve to have anyone’s pity. The real definition of sympathy is: “feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune” (123). This does not apply to the Phantom because ultimately we should not sympathize with his character. He had a bad past and he does not care about others which leads him to kill and torture people for no apparent reason; why should we feel pity for someone who does such things?

The way they compose the camera in the scene by filming from a low point of view almost gives a feeling of Danny being chased throughout the halls in addition to the camera the sound change from when he rolls over the carpet and then back onto the wood flooring adds an extra element of fright to the scene. These scenes greatley demonstrates how they are able create terror and atmosphere through editing and camera

J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye is widely recognized as one of the most self-destructive novels ever written. The novel’s protagonist Holden Caulfield is known for his anti-social behavior and his self-loathing, self-isolating character in the book. Holden’s traits could widely be compared to Napoleon Dynamite the protagonist of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite directed by Jared Hess. Napoleon is characterized by his clichéd “school nerd” behavior and of course his own self-isolating habit just like Holden. Like Holden, Napoleon tries to put down people to isolate him from others. But even though Holden and Napoleon are alike on how they assume the traits of the people they meet,

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Billy Crystal is regarded as one of the most amusing comedians to ever entertain others, but this funny man experienced a tragedy at a young age that would change his life forever. When he was fifteen years old, his hardworking father suddenly passed away from a heart attack. His dad was always working to support his family, and the only day he did not work was Sundays, which the Crystal family spent together. Crystal realized that he spent only 700 days with his dad; 700 Sundays, where Crystal’s book gets its title. The short-lived time of father and son showed Crystal the importance of family life and enjoying time with family. Through the book, which focuses mainly on Crystal’s youth, Crystal keeps the description in a chronological order,

In Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Holly GoLightly battles with a psychological struggle between the basic need for stability and the aspiration for freedom. Throughout the book, Holly is coded as various animals symbolizing her independence. She fears being captured by her feelings of belongingness. Although she may toy with the idea of personal connection through superficial relationships, she ultimately chooses isolation, which she believes, is freedom.