Shining1980

Wendy Torrance:
Hey. Wasn't it around here that the Donner Party got snowbound?

Jack Torrance:
I think that was farther west in the Sierras.

Wendy Torrance:
Oh.

Danny Torrance:
What was the Donner Party?

Jack Torrance:
They were a party of settlers in covered-wagon times. They got snowbound one winter in the mountains. They had to resort to cannibalism in order to stay alive.

Danny Torrance:
You mean they ate each other up?

Jack Torrance:
They had to, in order to survive.

Wendy Torrance:
Jack...

Danny Torrance:
Don't worry, Mom. I know all about cannibalism. I saw it on TV.

Jack Torrance:
See, it's OK. He saw it on the television.