Sam

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Title For the Section: Jack gets a Job

Date: 4/29/10

Significant Quote: "//Lost Your Temper"// (King 16)

Explanation: This quote is important to the novel because it shows me that Jack one of the main characters has a drinking problem, which is why lost his temper. He lost his temper because Danny, his son, poured his beer on his papers and tore them up. When he lost his temper he broke Danny's arm by trying to pull him up by it. This also might be foreshadowing; he might have a little bit to much to drink at the hotel he is working at and then hurt his son or wife. This would be very bad because he's job is the caretaker for the hotel during the winter. If someone got hurt at the hotel it would be bad because the hotel is cut off from the rest of the town during the winter.

HOT Question: Do you think Danny's imaginary friend, Tony, will hurt him?

Answer: I think Tony might hurt Danny because he already showed him horrible visions of the hotel and died people. During this vision he also almost got Danny hurt because he was almost attacked by a strange figure.

Connection: One connection I can make to this novel is that Danny had to move from a nice town in New Jeresy to a whole different region of the USA, this made him very lonely. The same thing sort-of happened to me too because I moved to Connecticut from Virginia during the begining of the summer so I didn't have anyone to hang out with during the summer. Then when I went to school everyone dressed different from me and talked different too.