The Shinning

The shining presents so many different questions. The main question is what the f*** is going on. I believe that this is all a dream. There is something eerie about the entire movie that makes it seem not real. Using what we know about Daniel and his “shine” I have concluded that it is Daniels dream and he is seeing into his future, or the dream that he is having is just one of his nightmares. Even if the “shine” isn’t real, it can just be one of Daniel’s nightmares. Part of the reason that I think the “shine” isn’t a real thing, is that if Dick had the shine, wouldn’t he have known that Jack had an axe and was going to kill him? I feel like it is an extremely elaborate nightmare. This would explain the sort of things that don’t make sense i.e. the dude in the tux and the guy in the bear costume. As Mr. Bauks said, the begging in the helicopter gives that bit of a dreamy sense. If it was a dream you know it can’t be Jack’s dream because he dies. It has to be either Danny or the mom’s dream, but most likely it is Danny’s because the entire movie seems to revolve around him. Back to the bear. After some research, it seems that there is a lot of sexual references throughout the entire movie. It seems that Jack and Danny have had a very abusive relationship. Jack is very involved with sexual actions within the movie. It is possible that there is some sexual problems with Jack and Danny. Bear references seem to pop up everywhere as well Just something that I read, it is very weird. THIS MIGHT BE A NIGHTMARE REFLECTING ON WHAT HAPPENED