The Shining In Room Analysis
The Shining’s setting takes place at the Overlook Hotel, which is located in the Colorado Rockies. Stuart Ullman, the hotel's manager, tells the Torrance family while giving them a tour of the place that The Overlook Hotel was built on an Indian burial ground. The Overlook Hotel was originally inspired by the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Stephen King actually began writing The Shining in Room 217 at the Stanley Hotel. The Shining takes place during two different time periods, the present and the past. The present action takes place during the winter of 1975, but it also jumps back in time to