Topic: Jack Torrance

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Jay Dyer interpreted Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" (1980) as an allegory for the corrupting nature of American elitism rather than a simple ghost story. He argued that Jack Torrance's descent into madness represents the sacrifice of family and morality in the pursuit of elite status. The Overlook Hotel is viewed as a symbol for a "possessed" American society built on a foundation of historical violence.