Monique Gramling
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Assignment 1
1/10/10

Shawshank Redemption

Stephen king wrote Shawshank Redemption and conveyed the rising issues of prison brutality. Not only did he show the quite desperation of an imprisoned man who was actually innocent, but also a man forced to survive on hope alone. Some might say that King revealed crimes that were commonly shadowed, and for this he was mentally ill, but I rebound by saying that if someone doesn't bring these things to light, they'll stay hidden. These men were forced to fight for the survival and Prison life is directly seen. All morals and codes of conducts are forgotten and primal istinct is enabled. Of course there has to be a group of people in particular that this film reaches out to. People without compassion could definitely be the target audience, because after watching, one learns not to judge a book by it's cover. I ultimately believe that this message is a reminder that prison cannot be forgotten. What one's friends and families fail to realize is that prison is a scary and lonely place. In spirtual terms, you reap what you sow can definitely be considered, and right does make might. In the end, Andy Dufrane was redeemed as well as his friend Red. Hope is critical because without hope, one will never realize hope is the best of things.