"Killed his family with an axe. Stacked them neatly in the West Wing, and blew his brains out with a shotgun"
This is a layered sentence.
First, perfectly normal people don’t kill their families.
Secondly, the reference to the West Wing- it’s where the President’s office is within the White House.
It again furthers the American History/Culture narrative.
The mitigating speech to “blew his brains out” pipeline was short on this one.
It’s delivered to Jack (and the viewers) to test our mettle. It could be related to Jack’s treatment to Wendy. Are we going to notice?
In this image · No.7
It doesn’t matter if it’s here or in The Overlook: Jack is frustrated with work and drinks. Danny plays around Jack’s work, and gets harmed. Reflects No.9 (the trike and Jack accepting the job), No.23, No.24, No.41, No.45, No.47, No.53.
Danny triking around the Colorado Lounge in No.23 and above it in No.29 continues this connection. Jack’s aggression about work repeats in No.24, No.31, No.33, No.50, and No.63.
The comments made around Jack’s drinking, how he comes home late and was in a bad mood, reflect Jack’s attitude towards his family. The phone call made in No.6 will be the most warm he’s with Wendy the entire film, and he tells her he’s coming home late.
The amount of assumptions Wendy makes around Jack’s behavior and choices reflect Ullman’s “Perfectly Normal Individual” comments about Grady. In this instance what is “normal” varies, and just because it’s prevalent doesn’t make it good.
Wendy’s version of The Incident, No.7, reflects Jack’s in No.47. Both have relinquished Jack’s responsibility. Wendy sloughs it off as “just one of those things”, and Jack follows suit and then blames Danny for his reaction.
Jack’s behavior in his family and Ullman dressed as Uncle Sam commenting on the atrocities happening reiterate the domestic abuse narrative on a larger scale. Just because it’s common doesn’t make it “normal”. Just because it’s “normal” to the society doesn’t make it healthy or beneficial to that society.
We hear about how Grady kills his family in No.5 but ignore Jack dislocating Danny’s shoulder. It is the Doctor’s facial expression that reflects Jack’s from No.5.
Compare No.7 and No.5. This story is exactly the type of “emotional factor” the Doctor was referencing.