As I was sitting home on a rainy day I watched the movie, The Shawshank Redemption that starred Tim Robbins as Andy and Morgan Freeman as Red. The movie is about a banker name Andy Dufresney who is sent to prison for murdering his wife and her lover that he claims he did not do. In prison Andy became friends with a black prisoner name Red. One day while in the laundry room Andy overheard one of the guards (Guard Hadley) talking about taxes on an inheritance he’s about to receive. Andy told guard Hadley how he could avoid paying so much in tax money. After he helped save Guard Hadley a lot of money, it didn’t take long for the word to spread about how good Andy was with finances. Soon other guards at Shawshank and other prisons came to Andy for financial advice. Once Warden Norton learned of this he made Andy launder money under an alias name Randall Stephens.
After almost 20 years in prison a prisoner name Tommy Williams is locked up for burglary. He becomes friends with Andy and Red. After learning about certain details in Andy's case, Tommy explains to Andy that one of the inmates at another prison admitted to committing a similar murder, stating Andy must be innocent. Andy tried to tell Warden Norton about the information he had just learned, but the warden refused to listen. Warden Norton has Guard Hadley murder Tommy, saying he was trying to escape and put Andy in solitary confinement. While in solitaire Andy dreamed of living in a Mexican town. He shares this dream with his friend Red, but Red ignores him because he thinks Andy is suffering from delusions. Andy tells Red if he ever get free, to go visit a specific place near Buxton to look for a special package.
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... He even had prisoner Tommy shot in order to protect his financial and personal interest. Head guard Hadley abuses his power by intimidating, beating and killing some of the prisoners.
I think the writer used a utilitarian approach in this movie because certain decisions are based on consequences and the ends justify the means. Making Andy launder money, but then when Andy escapes he takes the money and sends back evidence to convict Norton of money laundering. Guard Hadley abusing his power by intimidating the prisoners to do right, but Red was smuggling things inside the prison right under his nose to make trades with the other prisoners. Yes, I believe the writer gave satisfactory resolution to the moral issues because I think most some people may see these things as unethical but most people will see it as justice being served to the warden and guard.
Tony – 19 year old kid who has a troubled passed. After stealing beer with his brother Jeff, Tony is sent to jail for 90 days. After the 90 days are up the judge is going to decide if he will be sent to prison or not (because this was his second conviction and was currently on probation).
Throughout the autobiographical narrative written by Gary Soto, many different literary elements are used to recreate the experience of his guilty six-year old self. Different elements such as contrast, repetition, pacing, diction, and imagery. Soto narrates this story as a young boy at a time when he seems to be young and foolish, Soto foolmaking mistakes, but at the same time hoping to learn from them. Soto uses each of these devices to convey different occurrences in the narrative.
"The Shawshank Redemption" is a compelling film about two imprisoned convicted murderers. Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), is innocent, however. Convicted of killing his wife and her lover (a crime for which he clearly had a strong motive), he really "didn't do". Of course, as his jailbird friend "Red" (Morgan Freeman) puts it, "Everybody in here is innocent." Well, Red is "the only guilty man" in Shawshank Prison. As their friendship develops, Andy learns the ropes of prison. Meanwhile, the warden (Bob Gunton) decides that Andy, a well- educated former banker could carry out something more useful than laundry. So, he places Andy as the prison librarian, and later, as his an accountant (he does taxes for all the jail's employees). Andy also assists the warden in money scams (as he tells Red, "I was always an honest man - I had to come to jail to become a crook!")
In 1947, Andy Dufresne, a banker in Maine, is sentenced for killing his wife and her lover. He is given two lifelong incarcerations and sent to the famously brutal Shawshank Prison. Andy always claimed that he was innocent, but his personality led a lot of people to doubt him.
Every once in a while Buddy would call Kelle to see how she was doing. However, she was more concerned about him. He was fine where he was, nothing was wrong,, no one recognized him. Kelle hadn’t heard from him in a while. She was worried. Rayna came over and told her what happened. He got caught in a little restaurant in California. He was transferred to a prison on the border of Canada. He was never going to escape.
Steven Gregory’s book entitled The Devil Behind The Mirror is an ethnographical study of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is in the Caribbean, it occupies the Western half of an island, while Haiti makes up the Eastern portion. Gregory attempts to study and analyze the political, social and cultural aspects of this nation by interviewing and observing both the tourists and locals of two towns Boca Chica and Andres. Gregory’s research centers on globalization and the transnational processes which affect the political and socio-economics of the Dominican Republic. He focuses on the social culture, gender roles, economy, individual and nation identity, also authority and power relations. Several of the major relevant issues facing Dominican society include racism, sexism, and discrimination, economy of resort tourism, sex tourism and the informal economy. The objective of Gregory’s ethnographic research is to decipher exclusionary practices incorporated by resort tourism, how it has affected locals by division of class, gender, and race, increasing poverty and reliance on an informal economy.
The movie Shawshank Redemption depicts the story of Andy Dufresne, who is an innocent man that is sentenced to life in prison. At Shawshank, both Andy and the viewers, witness typical prison subculture.
In the Scenario I, a Utilitarian would view the inmate as having a higher sense of moral obligation. From a Utilitarian perspective, the inmate should have acted out of a general desire to do what is right for the benefit of all, not simply for his own happiness, even if it meant going against his religion. The Utilitarian would also view the prison official's behavior as moral. This is because one man endured the pain and suffering, but from that, 5,000 other people had much happier lives. Even if the inmate had eventually killed himself, a Utilitarian would still view the acts as moral.
The story of Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption begins in 1948 when Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank prison. In contrast to most other convicts, he's not a hardened criminal but a soft-spoken banker, convicted of killing his wife and her lover. Like everyone in Shawshank, he claims to be innocent. Like most newcomers, Andy gets in trouble with the sisters. They are a gang of sodomites led by Bogs Diamond that gang up on anyone they feel they can handle, and Andy is no exception. Not until much later does he escape their attentions. Red, the narrator of the story, is known as the guy who can get stuff. His ability to deliver contraband of almost any type into Shawshank makes him somewhat of a celebrity among prisoners, and it's also the reason that Andy approaches him.
Willie asks Jack to search for secrets on a father figure from his child hood. Judge Irwin was a father figure in Jack’s life as a child. In this situation, Jack’s motivation and responsibility to himself is questioned. Jack discovers that Judge Irwin accepted a bribe and Governor Stanton covers the bribe up. The blackmail influences the suicide of Judge Irwin, makes Adam Stanton accept the position as head of the hospital that Willie is building, and Anne Stanton begins an affair with Willlie. Adam murders Willie when he finds out about Willie and Anne. This horrific event lead to Jack’s retiring from politics forever.
After taking a pair of used sneakers that had been thrown down from a nearby overpass, Stanley finds himself sitting in a prison camp bus seat with nothing more than a toothbrush, toothpaste, and some writing utensils waiting on the unknown. He can’t get much passed the guards on the bus despite his good behavior, they only ignore him or bash at him to be quiet. The bus ride is long and painfully boring as they travel further and further into the desert heat. Eventually the bus slows down and the patrolling guard tells Yelnats that this is his stop. Stanley steps right from the bus onto the grounds of what used to be a camp for young adults called Camp Green Lake. Now it is a fiery oasis filed with holes. The biggest mystery behind Camp Green was why that the once wonderful lake and campgrounds were nothing more than sand and rocks in a desert now (Sutton). Stanley is then introduced to the camp warden, a mean and vicious woman with no sympathy for any human that walks the grounds of the camp. Stanley is walked around the camp to his new living quarters where he meets Zero. They soon become best friends and Stanley finds himself at peace with the camp. It doesn’t take long for the warden to ruin that, however, as she walks in and takes Stanley to see what must be done for the duration of the time he is at the camp.
The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 film that tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker wrongly accused with the homicide of his wife and her lover and sentenced to life in prison at Shawshank State Penitentiary. The film depicts the struggle Andy and his fellow inmates endured to survive and cope with their imprisonment. Within the film The Shawshank Redemption numerous symbols are present The library, Andy’s chess board and pieces, Reds harmonica, and the cold beers. These symbols help ground the characters and illustrate its theme: a hope for a better future during hard times.
The cinematic rendition of Rita Heyworth and The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King: The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, brings many different emotionally connecting themes e.g. Redemption, Innocence, dehumanisation. Though these themes are quite confronting and thought-provoking themes, possibly one of the most significant themes in this film is the consistent representation of the idea of Institutionalism. Darabont explores the perspective that being so accustomed to the situation inside an intuition that the inmates aren’t able to re-assimilate to normal life in society once released from prison. This theme is brought out in the film through a number or characters, in particular: Brooks Hatlen, Tommy and of course the inseparable duo, Ellis ‘Red’ Redding and Andy Dufresne. All of these characters at times display the meaning and understanding of the term institutionalism and how it can have diverse effects on different people with different states-of-mind and different persona’s.
The film Shaw Shank Redemption shows the processes and costs of institutionalism. The film follows the lives of prisoner’s in Shaw Shank prison. The prison is run by a corrupt warden Norton and his captain guard Byron Hadley. Norton is involved with bribery, money laundering and Hadley abuses inmates. The film is narrated by Ellis “Red” Redding and is about his friend Andy Dufrense. Andy, an investment banker was convicted for double murder for the deaths of his wife and her lover. The film follows the struggle for survival in prison in which he faces rape and exploitation, until he escapes back into the outside world. A major theme in this
The Shawshank Redemption depicts the working class man that shares qualities of a hero. Andy Dufresne is an average character on to whom other characters can depend. According to Richard Armstrong, Andy is the “traditional American hero” (80). Andy uses his resources of intelligence and “resilience” to survive the harsh prison life. Similar to every other movie or life situation, each man has to prove his innocence. The hero has to use his qualities not only to survive, but also to restore his reputation (Armstrong 80). From the beginning, the viewers are not sure if Andy is truly guilty. He declares his innocence, but so does every one else in prison (Steyn 35). Every task that Andy overcomes leads him closer to his master plan that will eventually free him (Armstrong 79).