Dried fruits could be a euphemism for castration, shriveling, old.
It is also interesting to think about Wendy’s dried flower broach as the Torrance’s take place during Closing Day, and the reality of the Torrance marriage shown No.13 where he eyes another woman, No.47 where he calls her the old sperm bank, No.48 where he embraces a naked woman with a kiss.
Could also refer to the number of instances tying Jack to pedophilia: In No.10 we see him reading a PlayGirl magazine with a feature on the cover “Why Parents Sleep With Their Children”, the aggressive tension taking place in No.41 (and the parallels of No.40’s “Summer of 42” shown in the scene before, No.40), and the placement of bruises on Danny, No.45.
In this image · No.16
The dried-fruit list links bodily jokes with the castration theme.
