The Shining Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 54, Tony Summary

Chapter 54, Tony Summary

Danny finds himself with Tony in a hotel hallway that appears to be stretched beyond reality. He can hear the shape coming for him, but Tony tells him he is sleeping, and that his mother is very hurt, as is Hallorann. As Tony comes into the light, Danny realizes he is looking at an image of himself in ten years. Tony explains that Danny came to Tony this time, because he knows what chases him. Suddenly, Danny realizes it is the hotel, but it is the hotel within his father. Tony tells him he must remember what his father has forgotten, and vanishes. Danny wakes in the hallway near the Presidential Suite. Remembering the attic door, Danny runs to the end of the hall and hears his father approach closer. As Danny reaches the trap door to the attic, however, he sees it has been padlocked, and realizes he is...
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