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readersanon OP t1_itsefjk wrote

Reply to comment by thibboleth in Reading The Shining at 30 vs at 14 by readersanon

I think one of the main differences between the book and the movie is that it seems to attribute what is happening to the Torrance's more to them going insane aka cabin fever, as well as Jack's alcoholism and violent personality. Meanwhile the book is more focused on the supernatural aspect of it. Yes, Jack is also an alcoholic and an abuser, but he is generally actively fighting those impulses at first. As the hotel takes hold of him, he slowly gets worse, until in the end he just isn't there anymore at all. The hotel takes over.

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lambofgun t1_itwqopc wrote

like >!jack breaking danny's arm!<. in the movie wendy sounds kinda sounds like an idiot when she talks about it like "oh he gets mad sometimes haha", where as in the book its an incredibly nuanced and layered trauma that the family is working though.

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readersanon OP t1_itxzeb7 wrote

Yes! A lot of the prior history is just glossed over, or just not mentioned at all. Jack's history with Al Shockley, how he got fired from his job for assaulting a student, why he decided to stop drinking, his history with his father, etc.

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