Violence within the Family in Stephen King’s The Shining

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Violence within the Family in Stephen King’s “The Shining”
One surprising benefit of reading novels is that it can help us learn from the experiences of the characters and in turn help us choose the right decisions to improve our lives. Violence can take up many forms; however, acts of violence also happen within the comforts of our own home. In the novel, "The Shining" by Stephen King, the one of the main character, John Daniel “Jack” Torrance, has the tendency to release his frustration through aggressive behaviors. In the first part of the novel, the acts of violence, specifically domestic violence, revolves within the family of different people. Danny, the son of Jack, was portrayed to have a cast on his ...