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Stephen Kingintroduced readers to " the polishing " in his 1977 book of the same name . Since then , a number of his characters have possessed supernatural abilities , many of which can be argue show that they " shine " in some way . From mind - recitation to telekinesis , here is every character that has the shine .
The Shiningis Stephen King ’s third book and is still , to this twenty-four hours , weigh one of his scarier ones . In it , a young Danny Torrance has a psychic ability that enable him to register minds . He is also precognitive and frequently experiences premonitions . His abilities are explicate to him by the Captain James Cook from the Overlook Hotel , Dick Hallorann , who can talk with Danny telepathically . Hallorann calls it " shining"—a term King get from aJohn Lennon song — and say that a lot of multitude have a little bit of shine , but that he ’s never seen anyone who shines as much as Danny . This , of course , causes the malevolent booze in the Overlook Hotel to demonstrate and all sort of problems for the poor Torrances , but Danny is not the only fibre in the Stephen King macrocosm who shines .
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Stephen King often have characters who have psychical abilities . Even beforeThe polishing , his first novel , Carrie , is about a teenaged girl with the ability to move object with her mind . In the Stephen King universe , that mean Carrie White has the shining . It does n’t stop there , however . From 1978’sThe Standto 2019’sThe Institute , many characters can shine . Not all of them can shine at the same level as Danny Torrance , but still , for a lot of them , it becomes a powerful and dangerous ability .
Every Stephen King Character That Shines
As antecedently cite , Carrie White can glisten , as well as several case fromThe shine , not just Danny Torrance but also Dick Hallorann , Dick ’s grandma , as well as Jack and Wendy , who have a little bit of effulgence . Next up , is Mother Abigail inThe Standand her grandmother who call it " the smoothen visible radiation of God , sometimes just the radiance " . She has dream that come up true and is capable to send telepathic messages . Then , Johnny Smith inThe Dead Zone , who suffers brain damage after a car accident that wake up precognitive and second-sighted abilities . Next up is the McGee home , who , after participating in an experiment need a hallucinogenic drug , become telepaths , while their daughter Charlie develops a pyrokinetic power .
From the above model , it appear that the polishing is often brought out in people , or at least enhanced , by hurt . Nevertheless , it also appears as " the hint " inThe Dark Towerbooks , especially with Jake Chambers , but also Alain , Sheemie , Ted Brautigan ( who also come out inHearts in Atlantis ) , and everyone in the ka - tet of Roland Deschain while they are in a grouping . likewise , the Loser ’s Club inIthas a petty effulgence , particularly Bill and Beverly who communicate telepathically during the Ritual of Chüd .
Other notable fictitious character that shine include Louis Creed fromPet Sematary , who sees and speaks with the ghostwriter of one of his students , John CoffeyfromThe Green Mile , with healing and nonrational business leader , and Mike Noonan fromBag of Bones , who has dreams and vision . Also , Abra Stone fromDoctor Sleep , the 2013 sequel toThe Shining , who shine even bright than Dan Torrance , as well as several minor character from that book and every member of the True Knot , who all reflect in some way of life or another . There are also reference from some of King ’s more late novels that can shine . For case , Holly Gibney fromThe Outsiderhas a heightened gumption of intuition that could be attributed to the shine , and the kids fromThe Instituteall have telepathic and telekinetic powers . Overall , theStephen Kinguniverse is filled with fictional character that beam — may they all shine on .
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