This set a difference between Jack and his father, as Jack truly regretted any instance of abuse towards his son, and held a small level of understanding of his own problems. Eventually, the only incident truly capable of shocking Jack into quitting drinking is an incident in which he harmed his son, Danny, during one of his binges. After developing a liking for alcohol, his taste grew into full alcoholism in his 20s. He would eventually go to college and meets and later marries Wendy Torrance, they would have a kid named Danny Torrance a year later. Jack got good grades in school, but often underwent punishment for lashing out and fighting other kids. Growing up, Jack would take his domestic abuse out on his classmates and animals. This trait would develop into a deep misogyny as Jack grew older, despising women for appearing weak, while also detesting his wife whenever she would stand up for herself. While they also despised the role their mother's devout Catholicism played in convincing her to stay with him, Jack developed a hatred for her specifically for her meek, pitiful appearance. Jack's siblings despised their father for his abuse.

However, this affection would end at age 09 after Mark's treatment towards his wife left her concussed and hospitalized.

He saw his father's loud arrivals home as a means to break the silence, and would bond with him in spite of the abuse. Although Jack's father, Mark Torrence, was mentally and physically abusive towards every member of his family throughout Jack's childhood, Jack seemed to have developed a love for the earlier years of their relationship. Jack grew up in a middle-class catholic setting on the United States East Coast. He looks the same in the Doctor Sleep novel.

He is also described as being “moderately tall”. The only defining attributes that are touched on in the novel is Jack’s longer hair, and reddish blonde color. Jack's alcoholism and violent temper had lost him a job as a teacher of literature at a prestigious New England prep school.

In the novel, Jack Torrance is a loving but troubled father who cares deeply for Wendy and Danny but does not know how to show it properly. Biography Personality The Shining (book) Personality & Appearance

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