The Question and Answer section for The Shining is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Danny Torrance is the novel's protagonist. Torrance is the heroic character, around whom, the plot revolves.
Jack Torrance is the antagonist, the abusive, alcoholic huband and father, who emotionally and physically abuses his family.
One of the central ambiguities of The Shining is whether Jack goes mad or is possessed by the evils of the hotel. Wendy tells the doctor who comes to see Danny after his first vision about Jack's history of alcoholism and accidental violence...
The guy in the tuxedo is not Ullman. Following along with the novel, the man in the tuxedo is Horace (or Harry, I can't remember which) Derwent, who was a previous owner of the hotel. A guest of the hotel named Roger had a crush on Derwent. In the...
