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Shawshank prison, a place that people love and hate.

Hate it, because it cruelly deprives you of your freedom; Love it because you are used to life here. This kind of love is fatal!

When you "love" this cage, it means that you have completely become a "caged bird" and completely lost the ability to soar.

Burton is a poor prisoner.

When he was released on parole, he was already white-haired, wrinkled and clumsy. Burton cried for fear. He doesn't want to go out. He has spent most of his life in Shawshank and is used to life here.

The day before he was released from prison, old Burton released one of his pigeons, and the pigeon immediately flapped its wings and flew away. A week later, Reid found the pigeon lying "like dirt" in the corner of the prison playground.

Birds used to staying in cages can't fly out after all. This is the epitome of the "education" system in Shawshank prison.

They spared your life, but they took away all the important things in your life.

In the eyes of the state legislature, the prisoners in Shawshank prison are the scum of the earth, come in and suffer! However, in the eyes of the warden of Shawshank prison, these prisoners are just slaves who earn black-hearted money for them, and they are not allowed to go out before they run out of use value.

Three warders are mentioned in the novel. The first one is George? Deng Nanhai did only three things during his tenure: editing books, watching baseball games, and pushing Maine to pass the death penalty law. At first glance, Deng Nanhai is an upright and kind person, but in fact he is a hypocritical hypocrite. In addition to the above three things, he also runs an underground garage with Steamma and Harry, but Harry and Steamma are really in charge.

After Dunnahai was dismissed, Stemma took his place. Reid called Stamma a cold-blooded and despicable person. Because, during Shawshank's tenure, he was constantly tortured, and the infirmary and confinement room were full every day. So Stemma has been living in fear since leaving office, and this cruel guy doesn't want to be arrested in Shawshank prison.

After that, the warden was Norton, a fanatical Christian. When he became the warden of Shawshank prison, the first thing he did was to let every new prisoner get a Bible? The new testament also shouted: redemption is in it.

Norton is a complete hypocrite in both movies and novels. As a 30-year-old Christian, instead of eliminating corruption in prison, he pursued the policy of "serving his sentence outside prison" to make more money for himself and further enrich himself.

It was the second time I watched The Shawshank Redemption that I realized it. Even if Norton wanted to fight corruption, there was nothing he could do. First, money makes the mare go, and no one will have too much money; Second, the salary is too small, and the salary of prison guards is even less; Third, compulsory governance will only damage his prestige, be obstructed in prison management, and may also become a scapegoat for Stema; Fourth, the convenience provided by Andy is too attractive. When he thought about how to beat Andy, he found himself getting deeper and deeper, even without Andy's help. So, after Andy successfully escaped from prison, Norton resigned in a hurry.

Some things must not be touched. Once touched, it will sink deeper and deeper. When you want to climb out, countless pairs of invisible hands will cling to your body and won't let you go.

This is Shawshank prison, and people who make the system will eventually be trapped in the system.

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Reid is such an old prisoner trapped in the system.

Even if he is released from prison, Reid will only feel comfortable "25 minutes after the hour"; And he has to report to the supervisor every time he goes to the toilet. Although the supervisor told him repeatedly that he didn't have to report to the toilet and went if he wanted to, Reid was used to it. The "toilet application" has been branded in his subconscious and will not change in a short time.

Thirty-five years in prison made him accustomed to being controlled, to typing reports, and to living within high walls.

"I can't adapt to the outside world. I became a so-called institutionalized person. "

Institutionalization is a terrible thing.

Just like an office worker who used to work from nine to five, he was suddenly transferred from the company and went to a branch in a city with a fast pace of life to handle business. Office workers who are unable to adapt and resist can only accept it silently.

Year after year, you are completely used to the fast-paced life, getting used to going out early and coming back late, staying up late and working overtime, getting used to the boss's endless difficulties, getting used to the rising rent, getting used to the busyness of this city ... You can't go back to the leisurely and slow-paced life before.

Some prisoners who have successfully escaped from prison or have been released from prison often deliberately commit some stupid crimes that are impossible to achieve. Only in this way can they return to prison and familiar places again. Reid thinks so, too.

As long as he returns to Shawshank again, Reid will once again become the "know-it-all", the businessman who can get anything for you, the "confidant" who can get any information for him, and the prestige as the captain of the guard and the warden.

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Reid went to Shawshank prison in his early twenties, and was released on parole until his white temples were exposed and crow's feet appeared in his eyes. Thirty-five years. The outside world is no longer what it was before he went to prison. In this familiar and unfamiliar environment, he felt uncomfortable, at a loss and afraid.

Worse than this is discrimination from members of society.

"The manager doesn't like me. He looks at me like a mangy dog. "

Discrimination, like an invisible sharp knife, can be seen everywhere, always stinging the sensitive nerves of prisoners like Reid who just walked out of the prison gate. Discrimination is like a plague. It spreads very fast and widely, and everywhere it goes, there are bodies everywhere. The person who spread the plague didn't feel it.

Rhett, you know, I need someone to help me get what I want. I need your help.

This sentence is like a spell that saved Rhett when he wanted to follow in the footsteps of old Brooke.

He remembered Andy's words: There is a large grassland in buxton town, and there is a stone wall to the north of the grassland. There is a stone at the bottom of the stone wall, and there is a volcanic glass under the stone. There is a key hidden under it. That key can open the safe. My old friend Andy's new life is there.

Life can't get any worse anyway.

So, Reid wanted to look for the key, to see the new life that his old friend had described to him, and to know whether the legend really got what he wanted. Rhett thinks so and does the same.

Andy seems to know that Rhett will come looking for the key, and left a letter to his old friend in advance, along with 20 $50 bills. In the movie, Andy seems to have planned a route for Reid-how to cross the border to Vattani Huo-and he knows that Reid will definitely look for him after he gets out of prison.

Because Andy is his savior for Reid.

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Andy? Duffy 1948 entered Shawshank Prison. Thirty years old, short stature, white and brown hair. Wear a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and your nails will always be cut neatly and cleanly. I always wear a sarcastic smile, as if wearing a free invisibility cloak, and I don't look like I'm going to jail. This is Reid's first impression of Andy.

Andy is one of many prisoners in Shawshank who claim to be innocent.

In the novel, Andy never admits that he is guilty. He just drank too much, drove to the fork in the road where San Xiao lived, and then woke up and drove home to sleep in a daze.

He's just unlucky. It happened that while he was asleep, a neurotic robber broke into San Xiao's room with a gun and shot Linda and San Xiao. I happened to meet a prosecutor running for the state legislature. Prosecutors urgently need to solve this bad "home invasion murder" to increase their weight in a successful election.

In Andy's view, he is just a unlucky guy with bad luck.

Reid said: "If Andy cried like a broken-down person when telling his story on the witness stand, he might win the sympathy of the jury."

But Andy didn't do it.

"He went to the witness stand to defend himself, calmly told his story without any personal feelings."

"What is good for him will only be revealed a little, and what is bad for him will be kept secret."

"When he tells his story, it's like playing an old record, as if telling the jury: believe it or not."

It seems that he knew that the jury and the prosecutor would not believe what he said, because the case had been hyped by the newspaper long before he was tried by the court. Everyone thinks Andy is guilty!

So Andy went to prison, but he didn't give up hope.

Andy is a wise man, a wise man with principles.

He knows that there are some things that must be adhered to and cannot be lost, even in desperation. He knows what he has, what he needs, what he should do and how to do it. So, he found "knowledgeable person" Reid and asked him to get what he wanted: a stone hammer, posters, etc., and inquired about some information in the prison.

Faced with the frequent harassment of "sisters", he would rather die than surrender and bravely resist. Although there are injuries on his face every day, even if Andy is beaten into the infirmary for ten days and a half months, he will still resist to the end and let the "sisters" know that he is not a little sheep to be slaughtered.

Andy resisted not the invasion of "sisters", but fate, an unfair fate that tried to imprison him.

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Andy has something that other prisoners don't have-tough patience and a cool head.

While working on the roof, Andy calmly proved to Harry that he could help him get his share of the inheritance, and it was tax-free. Seeing that Harry was a little tempted, Andy pursued the victory and told him about the loopholes in the tax law, citing hundreds of the same cases himself. Finally, he offered an olive branch to Harry: If you like, I can help you fill out the form for free, sir. All you have to do is treat my colleagues to three cans of beer each.

Harry was shocked, Reid was shocked, and so were other colleagues. I believe all the audience and readers are shocked to see this place.

Colleague, are you kidding? You are a prisoner, they are also prisoners, scum of the earth!

No, Andy knows that he is not, and neither are they.

Harry knows this, too. He was moved. He was persuaded by the daredevil prisoner in front of him. Harry's eyes looked at Rhett and the others. They are just like the workers in the oil painting, motionless and staring blankly at Andy. Harry knows he can't help but accept Andy's proposal. Despite his swearing, he brought beer to Reed and others.

So, on the morning of completion, Reid and other "workmates" sat on the roof, drinking beer and bathing in the sunshine. At this moment, they are a group of free men.

"He squatted in the shade of a tree, shaking his hands between his knees and smiling at us." Reed

At this time, the sun shone on Andy thinly. At that moment, I thought Andy was an angel sent by God to Shawshank to save Reid and save these poor people who forgot that they were still "people".

Smart bankers know how powerful the charm of money is. Especially in this smelly and dark place.

Andy bribed prison guards with the money he brought into prison, making them beat up his "sister" who was the greatest threat to him, and also helped the warden to make suggestions and make tax returns for all prison guards, thus obtaining the asylum of prison guards, the work of librarians and a stable single cell.

Even if you are in a desperate situation, you are still calm, looking for everything that can get you out of trouble, and responding flexibly to all the troubles that have come and will come. Above all, you can't give up hope.

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I hope it's good. Andy said that hopeless people are like walking dead.

Therefore, Andy always looks for beautiful stones such as timely and mica on the playground, carefully carves them and puts them neatly on the windowsill, watching them glow faintly in the silent night.

The arrival of Norton made Andy have a decadent period.

Andy is too clever, and the tax avoidance method is too clever. Norton didn't want him to leave Shawshank and tried his best to break Andy's inner defense.

When Andy seized Tommy, the key to his rebirth, Norton first forcibly rejected Andy's application to reopen the court and put Andy in solitary confinement. Then he threatened Tommy to move to another prison. When Andy finds Norton again, the cunning hypocrite tells Andy that the real prisoner-blatch-has been released from prison and has been in the thin air, and threatens Andy to continue to use the cell, library and shelter to serve him.

Andy thinks he is in control of the situation, and the warden himself can pose a threat to the warden; But he soon realized that he was wrong. In Norton's view, he is just a dog of his own.

Red: "1963, when spring returned to the earth, Andy had wrinkles on his face, gray hair on his head and the usual smile on his mouth disappeared." My eyes are blank. "

Norton is satisfied with Andy's current state. Decadence, despair, helplessness, without the once high spirits and energy.

Is the truth really what Norton thinks? No, not.

He thought he had completely defeated Andy, but he underestimated Andy's patience.

Rhett knows very well, and so do we, but what Norton doesn't know is that Andy has nothing but time.

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The Shawshank Redemption was written by Stephen? Jin's novella is included in Jin's novella collection Different Seasons, that is, Different Seasons. People's Publishing House named and published the first The Shawshank Redemption. Movies and novels are very popular.

There is also a subtitle on the first page of the novel-the hope of spring. I think "hope" here refers to Andy. Andy seems to be specially sent by God to Shawshank to carry out a mission: to bring hope to these people who live in the dark, let them choose between desperately dying and desperately living, and let them decide that they are "free men". After the task was completed, he flapped his wings and left Shawshank prison safely.

As the novel said at the end: Norton didn't know how Andy beat him in the end.

When the hurricane comes, people will face two choices: one is to hold the most optimistic expectation that the hurricane will turn, and the other is to think that the hurricane will definitely come, even if the weather bureau says that the hurricane has turned, we must prepare for the worst. Andy is not an optimist, he belongs to the latter.

"As long as you are prepared for the worst results in advance, it doesn't matter if you have optimistic expectations."

Andy started planning before he went to prison.

In the outside world, there is a man who has never seen it with his own eyes, but he has a social security card, a Maine driver's license and a birth certificate. His name is Peter? Stephen … Andy's friend Jimmy used Peter before he died. Stephen's name rented a safe, Peter was in the cupboard, and Andy's new life was in the cupboard.

Andy always "hopes for the best and prepares for the worst".

From 1948 to 1975, he has been "predicting" the worst result and taking action; No one will care whether Andy hides anything under that beautiful poster, because Andy is a "model prisoner" because they all accept Andy's kindness. If Norton hadn't kept an eye on Andy in the end, he would have arrived in Chihuataniho.

The only thing he didn't expect was that the hurricane blew for so long.

Another reason for Andy's delay may be that he really needs Reid, a good friend who helps him when he is confused and desperate, and is willing to talk to him instead of treating him with special respect.

So, before leaving, Andy extended an olive branch to Reid. Andy told Reed that a diploma doesn't necessarily make a person, just as prison life doesn't necessarily break a person.

Andy told his good friend not to give up hope.

Reed was moved, and so were the audience and readers. It may be nothing for others to say so, but Andy is different. His story is so bizarre that people have to believe what he says and want to follow in his footsteps unconsciously.

At the end of the novel, Reid chooses the former among the multiple-choice questions of "live hard" or "die without regret". With hope, I went to Tanneho Chihuahua and Andy's new life.

I hope he finds (Andy), just as I hope to find him.

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Andy said in his letter to Reed: "Hope" is a good thing, maybe the best thing in the world, and good things will never die.

Andy and his family live in a pressure cooker called prison, and we live in a pressure cooker called life. Life may bring us confusion, fear and despair, but as long as we are smart enough, calm enough and tough enough, we can hold on to hope and not be overwhelmed by life!

Some birds can't be caged by nature. Their feathers are too bright, their songs are too beautiful and wild, so you can only go with them. Otherwise, one day when you open the cage to feed them, they will try to walk away.