The Shining by Stephen King (Rich)

In The Movie version by Stanly Kurbick we really dont get to personal with jack Torrence as the novel really digs deep into his life how he as an recovering alcholic and he is just trying to rebuild his relationship with his family and focus on writing. Stephen King go's in depth on how he was a alcholic and he got into a fight with one of the other teachers at his school in new england, which gets him fired at the school. Then he moves to Colorado to find new work, he gets a job interview with watching over the Overlook Hotel for the winter.