There happens to be such a character in the movie, who gradually loses his true self in his prison life day after day.
His name is Brooke, and he is the librarian in the prison. I lived a simple life in prison for 50 years-eating, sleeping and sorting books. His activity area is very small, and his world is also very small, as small as a prison. He is used to such a quiet life.
Not only can you see tomorrow, but you can also see the future, without accident.
But Erasmus once said that when one nail squeezes out another, habit should be replaced by habit. When the living environment around us changes, we also need to adapt ourselves to the changes in society. Just as high school students enter the university and college students enter the society, in order to survive in a foreign country, we must change the habit of "reaching for food with clothes", change students' thinking, learn self-discipline and learn to live and think independently.
Brooke was released on parole after serving 50 years in prison.
In the face of hard-won freedom, Brooke was not surprised, only frightened. Before he wore a sword, he was already a Jianghu in a blink of an eye. So, he tried to stay in prison by committing another crime. It was Andy, Rhett and other prisoners who saved Brooke from serious trouble and got out of prison smoothly. The prison released him, and he also released Jack, the bird he adopted in prison.
Since then, the sea and sky have been open to birds. But Andy and others only saved Brooke's body, not her soul. He dragged his desperate body around the strange world.
Without relatives and friends, the world outside the prison is a bigger prison for him, a prison for the soul. There is not much more than him in the world, and there is not much less than him, so we can't find the meaning of his existence.
I think the most fundamental difference between Andy and others is that he always keeps his own rhythm, stays awake in a boring life, is not institutionalized, and has achieved his true self.