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> I can imagine that King has a very deep connection to The Shining as Jack is probably the closest that King has got to an autobiographical character.

Kimg has a few autobiographical characters, but surely the closest has to be when he literally self inserted himself into the gunslinger series.

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I haven't read them but that certainly sounds more autobiographical.

I've also seen the theory that Jack Torrance in the film had been sexually abusing Danny. There's various links with the use of bears (e.g. the fellatio scene with the man in the bear suit) and the subtle use of pornography around the hotel (e.g. Jack reading PlayGirl in the hotel lobby).

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