MONDAY

Danny then enters the family bedroom wearing a Mickey Mouse top. Perhaps it is co-incidence that the end of �Full Metal Jacket� features Marines chanting the �Mickey Mouse� theme tune. Perhaps not. But the use of very American motifs throughout the film (especially seen on Danny�s jumper - with Mickey Mouse and the Apollo space programme) seem to clearly place this film as a battle between America (represented by the imagery and appearance of the family) and it�s opponents (represented by the distinct Navajo / Apache decor of The Overlook).

As Danny enters, he sees his father staring vacantly, unshaven into the distance. Again he appears unkempt, and the way in which he strokes Danny�s hair whilst Danny reluctantly but politely sits on his knees seems to suggest that Jack is, and never was, very good at being a father, a parent, or of handling responsibility. As if Jack is somehow mentally already divorced form the family in all but the eyes of the law.

Danny asks Jack how he feels by the traditional phrase �Dad� - as if to remind Jack of what he is as he is forgetting who he is. Jack then says he has too much to do. In the fashion of the rest of Jack�s actions, whilst having much to do - to write, or to maintain the hotel, he seems able only to fail at his duties and instead stare vacantly off into space.

Repetition. Jack is unknowingly speaking with the personality of the hotel at this point ; the first stage of possession appears to be in place by his use of the phrase �for ever and ever and ever�, which was also used by the Grady sisters in the previous scene. Jack may very well have found a place where his only responsibility is that of occasionally checking the boiler - which Wendy does anyway - and reverting to a childhood state of being carefree. No wonder he wants to stay.

When Jack says that he loves Danny more than anything else in the world the Overlook has taken over. The Overlook seeks to take and contain Danny so that it may amplify and enhance its powers with his abilities : and yet Jack�s a willing accomplice in this, having been seduced by whatever it was the Overlook offered him.