Stephen King: Contrasting The Torrance Family To The Overlook

229 Words1 Page

Through the use of juxtaposition, Stephen King contrasts the Torrance family to the Overlook, using a feminine depiction of them to heighten the masculinity of the hotel. When the Overlook hotel is just in sight of the Torrance family as they travel, King writes that “the Bug,which moved upward more surely on the gentler grade… [Danny kept] affording occasional glimpses of the Overlook Hotel, [and of] its massive bank”. The word “Bug” has connotation of something unimportant, fragile, and small. In addition, since the Torrance family is essentially “inside” this bug, King furthers their connection to this “bug” by portraying them as physically a part of it. Conversely, King describes the Overlook Hotel as “massive”, which has a connotation

Open Document