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Im Just A Kid And Life Analysis

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You know the song I’m Just a Kid and Life is a Nightmare? That’s the theme song to Danny Torrance’s life. Danny isn’t the rebellious type; on the contrary, he cares a lot about what his parents think and suppresses his emotions as to not alarm them but his parents just don’t understand him. They think he’s mentally disturbed due to his capability to supposedly see ghosts and take him to a psychiatrist. When talking about Danny’s ‘imaginary friends’, the psychiatrist explains how reclusive and strange behavior is blindly accepted because parents are used to their children being irrational. Danny can actually see ghosts so he gets frustrated when his parents push his ‘imaginary friends’ under the rug. Along with the majority of teenagers around

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