The Shining: Chapter 15 Summary & Analysis

Wendy and Danny get out of the hotel’s truck, and Danny immediately runs to Jack. Jack tells Danny that there is a surprise for him on the porch, and Danny runs to go see. As Danny runs away, he notices the new shingles lining the roof and shudders as he thinks about the vision from Tony. Jack kisses Wendy and asks if she is happy. Yes, she answers, the happiest she has been since they were married. They watch Danny as runs away, and Wendy remarks that he looks skinny. He is just getting taller, Jack says to reassure her.

Wendy says she is thinking about making Danny an appointment with the doctor in Sidewinder before the snow falls, and Jack agrees it is a good idea. She should make appointments for all of them, Jack says. Danny runs back from the porch with the wasps’ nest, and Wendy recoils. She asks Jack if it is safe to keep, and he says that he had one as a kid. He got it from his dad and kept it by his bed, and now Danny can do the same thing. It is plenty safe, he says. He sprayed it with a bug bomb. Wendy doesn’t like the nest, however. She hates anything that stings, she says.