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Intermediate Technology Applications
Third Hour/Banned Books
January 8, 2010
Stephen King’s The Shining
The Shining is one of the books on a number of “banned books” lists. The Shining is a horror novel written by the American author Stephen King, originally first released in the year of 1977. The title of the book is based off of a song written by John Lennon entitled “Instant Karma”. The book was King’s third written novel and established him as a prominent author in the horror genre. The book was later made into a movie and even a television mini-series was later based on it.
The Shining is about a man by the name of Jack Torrance, who is an alcoholic, would-be writer who tries to rebuild his life after a series of tragedies such as him breaking the arm of his three-year old-son. He also assaulted a student at the school where he was a teacher. While he is recovering, Jack is writing a play. To prove that he is recovering, him and his wife and child move to Colorado and take care of the Overlo ok Hotel, which has a history of it s own of having psychic powers. The hotel wanted Danny, Jack’s son because of his ‘precognitive powers” . Eventually, the hotel tries to get Jack to kill the man who was summoned to investigate the hotel. The book ends with Jack trying to fix the boiler in the basement and his wife, child and detective fleeing the hotel as it explodes.
The Shining is considered n outstanding horror novel by many critics. But even though it is considered such a good work, it has still been banned by couple different states in certain areas. It was banned because it is “considered ‘dangerous violence and demonic possession and ridicules the Christian religion" (The Gumbo Pages).
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Works Cited:
"StephenKing.com - Shining, The." Welcome to StephenKing.com. Web. 11 Jan. 2010.
"The Shining (novel) -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 11 Jan. 2010.
The Gumbo Pages :: Make Levees, Not War. Web. 11 Jan. 2010.
