<P> Also likely significant is that before Jack 's behavior starts becoming aberrant , he is seen throwing a tennis ball hard against Amerindian artwork on the walls and floor , and just a few feet over a mounted buffalo head ( which was an animal key to the Plains Indians ' economy and culture before it was hunted and slaughtered nearly to extinction in the 19th century , mostly by Euro - Americans ) . Later , Jack murders Halloran , and tries to murder his family , using an axe , which resembles the tomahawk , a frequently depicted weapon of the Amerindians . </P>
<P> Also likely significant is that before Jack 's behavior starts becoming aberrant , he is seen throwing a tennis ball hard against Amerindian artwork on the walls and floor , and just a few feet over a mounted buffalo head ( which was an animal key to the Plains Indians ' economy and culture before it was hunted and slaughtered nearly to extinction in the 19th century , mostly by Euro - Americans ) . Later , Jack murders Halloran , and tries to murder his family , using an axe , which resembles the tomahawk , a frequently depicted weapon of the Amerindians . </P>
what weapon did jack use in the shining
what weapon did jack use in the shining
an axe
an axe