when he tells Red that sometimes he imagines stepping right through the photograph and into another life. More literary Rita really does remind Andy of his desire to actually break out of Shawshank because of the chiseled hole in the concrete that the posters conceal. As a result, Rita embodies the sense of hope that keeps Andy alive and sane and distinguishes him from the other inmates. Even though it takes Andy mare than twenty five years to hammer his way through the wall the mere fact that he has something to work for keeps him from lapsing into bouts of self pity as the other inmates do. Having a mission and something to look forward to even before he knew he would use the hole to break out kept Andy alive and gave him his inner light.rocks Andy sculpts serve as a cover to justify owning a rock hammer but they also represent the spirit of hope that he exudes. As an amateur geologist, Andy is undoubtedly distracted from the doldrums of daily prison life by the rocks. Continuing to pursue his hobby gives him a sense of normality and controls over his life that many other inmates lack.his collection of polished rocks on the windowsill of his cell also gives Andy a sense of accomplishment and means to measure the passage of time. More important however sculpting the pebbles give Andy hope and a means to fend off despair. Giving these sculptures away to Red and other inmates also represents Andy s ability to transfer his sense of hope his inner light as Red calls it to some of the other inmates.
2.2 «Shawshank redemption»: Film and Book analysis
The novella doesn t contain any of the typical supernatural, gothic or horror elements that readers usually associate with King. The only thing that haunts Andy is his past, and the only monsters in the tale appear in human form. Shawshank is a story about the power of the human mind to overcome even the most impossible barriers. The story is simply written and that is all the story needs because the clever twists and nuances throughout the novella carry the reader along without any need for complex narrative devices.book is beautifully written and is not one of King s trademark horror stories. The characters are vintage King likable, memorable and entirely worthy of the time spent with them. Andy and Red are the most fully developed but even in a short novella King manages to bring the era (1920s - 1960s) to life with remarkable skill.is a great novella with a great ending.story chronicles his time there through the eyes of his friend Red. Andy was a banker before he was a prisoner and quietly changes the prison his fellow inmates and even some of the toughest guards to ever patrol the lonely hopleless grounds of the toughest prison in Maine.film version doesn t alter much of the original plot. The most obvious change is that Red is Irish redhead in the book, while the film has Morgan Freeman in the role. Either way, it works. The movie tells a story of prison life centering on the camaderie and growth prisoners experience and the survival of an onslaught of indignities to human life in Maine s Shawshank prison.movie was released in тисяча дев'ятсот дев'яносто чотири with the understandably shortened title The Shawshank redemption. King s books had been notoriously difficult to bring to the screen: they are usually long and so full of characters and plot that no 2 hour movie could do them justice. It wasn t until filmmakers started adapting his shorter works that they found any success at all. Director Frank Darabont tok this to heart and set about bringing the characters, setting and remarkable story of Andy to life and the result is stunning. This film also marked the beginning of Morgan Freeman s long and deservedly successful career as the best provider of voice over narration in Hollywood. It is a gorgeous adaptation of a piece of writing.movie spans the nearly 20 year friendship between two prisoners, Andy and Red, and portrays Andy s prisonization experience and how he gradually adjusts to life behind bars. In this life Andy begins to use his knowledge of investment strategies to ingratiate himself with the warden and head guard gain protection from a gang of rapists and conduct a tutoring service within the prison. These creative activities allows him to retain a sense of his past life which 24 hour a day enforced cohabitation often denies.are two sequences that are particularly powerful in presenting the film s message that rehabilitation is nonexistent and reintegration within the prison unaddressed. First, an old convict, having just been paroled cracks and suffers a breakdown where he is pushed to the point of almost killing another prisoner just so he can stay in prison and not enter the real world. Andy is headed to Shawshank prison for a murder he is sure he did not commit, though the evidence is not in his favor., The film identifies how prison ...
