<P> Kubrick's version of Torrance is much closer to the tyrannical Hal (from Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey) and Alex (from Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange) than he is to King's more conflicted, more sympathetically human characterization . </P> <P> From Thomas Allen Nelson's Kubrick: Inside a Film Artist's Maze: "When Jack moves through the reception area on his way to a' shining' over the model maze, he throws a yellow tennis ball past a stuffed bear and Danny's Big Wheel, which rests on the very spot (a Navajo circle design) where Hallorann will be murdered ." Jack's tennis ball mysteriously rolls into Danny's circle of toy cars just before the boy walks through the open door of Room 237 . </P> <P> "In the film's opening, the camera from above moves over water and through mountains with the ease of a bird in flight . Below, on a winding mountain road, Jack's diminutive yellow Volkswagen journeys through a tree - lined maze, resembling one of Danny's toy cars or the yellow tennis ball seen later outside of Room 237 ." </P> <P> Danny Torrance is considerably more open about his supernatural abilities in the novel, discussing them with strangers such as his doctor . In the film, he is quite secretive about them even with his prime mentor Dick Halloran, who also has these abilities . (The same is true of Dick Halloran, who in his journey back to the Overlook in the book, talks with others with the "shining" ability, while in the film he lies about his reason for returning to the Overlook .) Danny in the novel is generally portrayed as unusually intelligent across the board . In the film, he is more ordinary, though with a preternatural gift . In the novel, Danny is much more bonded to his father than in the film . </P>

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