At first, Joe refused homosexuality and was afraid of AIDS. He also looked at Andy with the eyes of the world and avoided him. But in the library, it should be Joe's psychological turning point. He saw Andy's "special treatment" and Andy's efforts to find legitimate rights, and human nature was aroused. He really looks at the case from a lawyer's point of view, not from a personal point of view. He just wants to help Andy get justice and put the criminals on trial. In contact again and again, especially when Andy's family listened to the opera, Joe's heart was shocked. He really understood Andy's heart, and he was more determined to help Andy find his rights.

The similarity of this law firm in treating two employees with AIDS is disgusting and discriminatory.

There are two main differences:

① The reason why Andy and female employees are infected with AIDS: Andy is infected with AIDS because of having sex with a strange man, which is culpable of punishment for his boss; And the female employee was infected with AIDS because of giving birth to a child and blood transfusion, not her fault.

② Gender: This is not discrimination against women, because female employees infected with AIDS do not pose a big threat to her boss. As long as they do not have sex with her and exchange blood, they will not be infected with AIDS. But Eddie is a man, as they say: sharing a toilet with AIDS patients is disgusting. So they have been planning to fire Andy for a long time.