For our first quarter assignment I read the book the shining by Stephen king placed in a scene of a haunted hotel located in the Colorado Rockies. My favorite character in the book is dick Halloran who had a rare shining ability. Dicks shining abilities allowed him to be able to save lives including other clubbers. Within the book dick puts his life in danger to save others and even though he struggles throughout the book at times he still is portrayed as a hero. An interesting fact about dick Halloran is that he appears in the Stephen king's IT as an army cook member at a nightclub. But his shining abilities can have some bad effects too. Dicks ability to be in the overlook makes him have moments of having the urge to kill. Dick is my favorite because at the end of the novel he shows his inner strength by overcoming everything. Dick and another character named Danny Torrance have connected in the book. They both overcome internal struggles. Danny has broken the “curse” of father son violence that continuously haunts his family.
I enjoy reading books that have the main character trying to help others when they know themselves that they are also struggling, but still they try to appear as this perfect human who can save the world. As you describe Dick, he seems to portray this trait and he is inspiring since he is able to put people's problem before his own struggles. When I am struggling, I can barely function myself, so I admire him for being able to save others while facing difficult challenges in his life. Also, it's so unexpected and interesting how he had a rare shining ability and suddenly became an army cook.
ReplyDeleteI find characters like Dick rather interesting. It's like he's a mixture of both evil and good; he has good intentions yet he still has the urge to kill. It's an example of an argument trying to prove that no one is entirely good nor bad. Also, I like how Dick appears it IT. Stephen King is a talented author and almost all of his series and novels are interconnected in some way. Very cool!
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