There is a force within the building that seems determined to use Danny for an unknown, possibly sinister purpose. It gradually becomes evident that the hotel's ghosts are more than figurative and far from peaceful. Hallorann tells Danny that he too "shines", and that Danny can contact him telepathically anytime he needs assistance. Upon entering the Overlook and meeting its head cook, Dick Hallorann, Danny discovers that his psychic powers grant him a form of telepathy. Hoping to succeed and move on as a writer, Jack is happy to take the job as it will provide desperately needed funds and the time to complete his first Play. Now, nursing a life of sobriety and pulling in work as a writer, Jack and his family take on the job of looking after the Overlook Hotel, a large colonial building in a picturesque valley in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Horrified by what he has become, Jack tells his wife Wendy that should he ever start drinking again, he will leave them one way or another, implying that he would rather commit suicide than continue living as an alcoholic.
He is also on the verge of losing his family, after assaulting his young son Danny Torrance in a drunken rage just a year earlier. Jack's alcoholism and explosive temper have cost him his teaching job at Stovington, a respectable prep school. He lives there, isolated, with his wife Wendy and his young son Danny. Author Jack Torrance works as caretaker at the Overlook Hotel, during the winter.
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