A big lifestyle change like going to prison can have a large impact on someone’s wellbeing. In the movie The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Defresne is accused of murdering his wife and her lover. Andy is sentenced two life times in Shawshank State Penitentiary and has to adapt to the tough life in prison. Andy knows he did not commit the murders so he feels as though he has been unrightfully put in prison. Because of this, Andy has to adjust and has a difficult time doing so. It felt like a part of him died when he arrived at Shawshank because of all the restrictions within the prison. As soon as Andy entered the prison, his freedom was lost, just as anyone would be going to prison. Confined to a cell, being supervised day in day out and having constant threats around every corner is far from free. If I were in Andy’s position I would not have any idea what to do, I have a hard enough time living at my own house, I would be devastated if I was to be locked away for life from a crime I did not even commit. Andy on the other hand seemed to …show more content…
A gang that goes by the name the sisters assault Andy on a regular basis. Whenever they have an opportunity, the sisters pull Andy into a janitor closet or other unsupervised places and beat him up. In prison there is an unspoken rule that all prisoners take into consideration while being there, never snitch on another inmate. So Andy has to keep his mouth shut about being the gang’s personal punching bag. Also, the warden makes Andy to do illegal work for him. Andy has no way out of this because the warden is the boss and Andy has no say over him. I would keep quiet myself if I were in the predicament that Andy is in. There is no way around the warden and if one break rules in the prison they will be punished by solitary confinement or worse. In the end Andy did things the right way, he took the pain and kept quiet until the problem sorted itself
How does being sentenced to prison affect someone later in his or her life? Many people pose the question, but they have yet to form an immutable response. Oscar Wilde once said, “one of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be”, this quotation engenders the philosophy of prison, which consists of one being held responsible for his or her wrongdoings. The book Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman explores how a once drug money launderer goes to jail for a crime which she committed almost a decade earlier. At the time she committed the crime, she considered herself lost and naive in regards to her life. Throughout the book, the audience witnesses Kerman’s struggles and how she ultimately overcomes them in order to better herself for the future. After examining the book, one can see that Kerman uses many rhetorical elements in her writing such as ethos, the rhetorical triangle, narration, and myriad others to make her memoir a timeless piece of non-fiction.
After reading the book I have gained a new understanding of what inmates think about in prison. Working in an institution, I have a certain cynical attitude at times with inmates and their requests. Working in a reception facility, this is a facility where inmates are brought in from the county jails to the state intake facility, we deal with a lot of requests and questions. At times, with the phone ringing off the hook from family members and inmates with their prison request forms, you get a little cynical and tired of answering the same questions over and over. As I read the book I begin to understand some of the reason for the questions. Inmate(s) now realize that the officers and administrative personnel are in control of their lives. They dictate with to get up in the morning, take showers, eat meals, go to classes, the need see people for different reason, when to exercise and when to go to bed. The lost of control over their lives is a new experience for some and they would like to be able to adjust to this new lost of freedom. Upon understanding this and in reading the book, I am not as cynical as I have been and try to be more patient in answering questions. So in a way I have changed some of my thinking and understanding more of prison life.
He was suffering from the side effect of been in jail and no one did absolutely nothing to help him, he was clearly in a deep depression, the flashback about his time in jail, was torturing him, he was need of mental health intervention. He was probably going through post-traumatic stress and depression and didn’t receive the proper treatment. This situation couldn’t been avoided if the court system weren’t be so neglect as well as if he would be referred for a psycho social and psychiatric
The new prisoners stand linked together with chains, scared to death, in front of the Warden. He says, " I believe in two things, discipline and the Bible. Here you"ll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord, your ass belongs to me. " That was the kind of attitude Andy would have to live with from now on, and this was just the beginning.
First, Andy preserves his self-respect by fighting or defending himself from the rape squad of Shawshank Prison known as “The Sisters”.
Life to grow up in and out of prison with no family, loved ones or anyone to support their life, but, growing up and that’s all Jimmy knew it was hard not to follow the same paths. Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of A Place to Stand took his first steps into a prison at the age of five years old, no he was not the one behind bars it was to visit his father but, imagine the only contact with a parent was through a jail cell? Growing up Jimmy states “I had been preparing for it from an early age” ( Baca page4) meaning with a drunk father who was always in jail and a mother who had left them Jimmy knew he was going to have his fair share of prison time. Living with his grandma for a short part of his life he was taught to embrace his culture and background where Jimmy was quite embarrassed of it, his Grandmother would not even let him speak English ar
Shawshank Redemption is an extremely unique hero story. Andy Dufresne is questioned in response to his wives and lover’s murder. After questioning they decide he is guilty of this crime. Andy has to overcome multiple challenges while being in prison for 19 years. One day a young man by the name of Tommy was put in the same prison and they became close friends. Tommy talked to Red about his past experiences when he revived interesting facts about his recent cellmate. Tommy has all of the answers at hand of Andy Dufresne’s case that pled him as innocent. The guards are not pleased as to Andy wanting to receive justice, so the guards do the unspeakable killing Tommy. What Andy Dufresne does surprises us all; Andy escaped.
Shawshank Redemption is quite the intriguing movie when pertaining to sociology. This particular movie focuses on socialization, as well as desocialization and resocialization.
In Chapter 4, The Cruel Hand, Michelle Alexander does a great job analyzing the issues that many inmates go through when they get out of prison. This chapter was a bit more interesting to read compared to the last one. One passage that stood out to me was when Michelle Alexander stated, “Even if the defendant manages to avoid prison time by accepting a “generous” plea deal, he may discover that the punishment that awaits him outside the courthouse doors is far more severe” (Michelle Alexander Pg. 142). Like I mentioned in the beginning, when inmates are done serving their sentence they usually suffer on the outside world. That is because they’re now being labeled as criminals in our society and corporates/businesses have a little leverage on
When Tommy tells Andy that he heard a former cellmate of his bragging about killing a banker’s wife and her lover, Andy goes to Norton whom he still trusts would do what is right for the innocent. That is not the case, however. When Norton shoots down any ideas to prove the prisoner’s innocence that could be thought of, Andy, inferring the reason for Norton’s reluctance is his knowledge of the money laundering occuring at the prison, mentions he would keep mum about the operation. Norton, already furious by being called obtuse by Andy, becomes exceptionally irritated by the admittance and sentences him to a month in solitary. It is evident that Andy is shocked by Norton’s behavior. He screams at the warden, “What's the matter with you? It's my chance to get out, don't you see that? It's my life! Don't you understand it's my life?” (TSR). Similarly, Luke loses faith in the justice system due to an
In the social environment of Shawshank Prison, structures of laws do not moderate social interaction. Referent and influential power hold no influence with the guards or the intimidating prisoners. Andy uses reward, coercive, and expert power to negotiate an unsafe situation and improve his standard of living in the oppressive prison.
While walking toward the penitentiary Andy is welcomed with insults and threats done by the other inmates. The threats are done by the inmates to see how tough the new inmate or the fish. Fish is another word of a new inmate. There are two possible scenarios: A) The fish can be responsive to show the other inmates that he/she is tough and not to be messed with. B) If the fish is unresponsive or seems intimidated it can show the other inmates how the fish is weak and vulnerable. In this case Andy fitted with scenario b because he was unresponsive, and also that he seemed intimidated. Being intimidated can be the worst possible aspect that Andy could had done because now other inmates have an mindset that Andy can be manipulated and used for an individual’s own
In the book Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption written by Stephen King, Andy Dufresne becomes wrongly imprisoned in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover. Andy becomes engulfed in the prison life as he makes friends. As the book, as well as the movie, transpire you see Andy becoming one of the prisoners. The movie describes it perfectly when Andy says: “On the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.” Andy and the other inmates are all locked up metaphorically as well as literally, hiding from themselves. Shawshank uses the isolation to submerge their prisoners to be unable to function past the prison walls.
Two men are undercover in the Massachusetts State Police, and the Irish mafia. Crime and violence pursue after things are discovered. Two moles are then placed within the police and mafia to find out who their enemies are. A lesson about gangs is they are not as simple as they seem to be. They’re complex and consist of structure, violence, and corruption.
I agree with your theme that a child has to be protected. Since this book was written in the mid 20th century, I think that this message could be fully supported by this book because back then the expectation were low compared to today. With your theme, however, I would suggest using one of Phoebe's quote. She said, "I just lit one for one second. I just took one puff. Then I threw it out the window"(Salinger 195). This quote explains how things were not taken so seriously in children. And of course, Holden had deal with many things that he shouldn't, such as smoking, getting drunk, and