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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Shawshank Stems—due Jan 22
Use the stems on the right to write 300+ words about the film.
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How are Red and Andy alike? They are alike by how smart they are. Andy has education and he was a banker and he knows the ins and outs of the system. Red is smart and intelligent by knowing how to get things smuggled into the prison. He also knows how the prison works. What do you think causes the warden to like Andy? Well, the warden starts to like Andy because he is doing his tax returns and making him rich. Andy also does extra things like shining his shoes and washing his clothes to make him look good. How are the head guard and warden the same? They are the same by power. They both have power over the prisoners and they both get help from Andy to do their taxes. I still don’t understand why the warden would put Andy in isolation? The reason why I am asking is that Andy was doing almost everything for him. He was shining his shoes and cleaning his clothes, doing his taxes to make sure that he would become rich. The warden even said when he came back that the place just wasn't the same without him. What do you think causes Brooks to kill himself? Well, the reason why he did is that he didn’t think that he fits in the “outside world.” The world was just so different when he was able to get out. When he was in prison he missed so much. He didn’t feel like he fitted in with anyone because they were just so different. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Andy? His strengths are that he is smart. In the film, it demonstrates this a lot. When he starts to break out he puts a big poster on a hole to cover it up, he cuts out pages in the bible to put a little rock Harmar in so the guards won't find it. He creates a fake person with all the identification to be able to be a person when he breaks out. His weaknesses at the beginning were the “sisters.” But because he is smart was able to get protection from the head guard.
What do you think causes what happens in the film? A lot has happened in the film. One of them is Andy getting “caught”. About this is that he was at the place that his wife and her lover got shot. He doesn’t really remember what happened but he somewhat knows that he didn’t do it because he was never in there and he throws his gun in the royal river. The police think it was him because there were bullets on the ground and tire marks and his empty liquor bottle. Then when Tommy was shot and that he didn’t deserve it at all just the fact because he told Andy the truth and that the warden wasn’t happy with that because that means that they could get a new court date and let Andy go. So the warden made it look like it was an accident that Tommy was shot. They made it look like that even though he got shot down in the middle of the ally way. They shot him because he knew what could send back out into the free world. Which one is the best in Andy's hole that he made, and why? The reason I picked that is that the warden had no clue that Andy was doing that. In that case, no one had any clue that he was doing that. He was so smart about doing it because he got a poster to hide the hole. Also, when he got rid of the pebbles. He did that because he didn’t wanna get caught so he did that. It was smart because he had handfuls at a time so he would just dump them in the prison yard. Pfeiffer
The main idea of “the hole” is to isolate the prisoner. Another idea behind the hole is to make the prisoner think about what they have done. Like when Andy was in the hole he was in there for calling the warden obtuse and refusing to do the taxes and making him money. What do you think that causes the warden to snap on Andy? I think the warden snapped on Andy because he wanted to go to court and have Tommy testify because Tommy knew who killed Andy’s wife and the golf pro. I also think he snaps because he was called obtuse by Andy and didn’t want to let Andy go because who else was gonna make him money. What do I still not understand is why Boggs went after Andy out of all the new fish. I don’t get why Boggs didn’t go after all the new fish but he just wanted Andy and didn’t stop going after him until Captain Hadley nearly beat him to death and made him paralyzed and have to drink his food through a straw.
How are me and andy alike well i feel like i may not be as smart as him but i do alway have a plan for ev everything just like he does he thinks things through all the way to the end if i new i needed to lie my way out of something i would think it out all the way to the end before it even left my mouth its important to be able to thing hings threw it will help you for every plan you ever makes in your life you cant just make vast decisions all the time what is the main idea of this story i think its here to show you how far hope can bring you and how life is gonna screw you over every time it gets a chance you always have to have a plan for whats next i dont think escaping prison is gonna be a possibility but you never know what could happen i thing this movie could teach you a little about making friends andy get close with red and gets the guard to help him out that way he can hopefully stop getting rapped and wont have people pick on him anymore i dont under stand why andy said he threw his gun in the river in the beging of the story if he didnt shoot his ex wife then why would he get rid of his gun how can they arrest someone when he says he didnt do it and they dont even have the murder weapon i think in todays times andy would of got off and there would of been a lot more trials that would prove he didnt do it i know that if you have a gun registerd and you fire it they can test the bullet and it will show who owns the gun meier
How are Red and Andy alike? By both giving either other and other inmates in the prison hope. Both became crooks. Both gained hope and lost hope in the plot. Gave each other purpose when they got out. What is the main idea of the bible? It became karma and a lesson for the warden and was used as a punishment towards Andy. Andy left the mallet in the bible the page he had it to was exadus aka exit confeenyeltly enough he saw it after he escaped the prison. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Red? Red is able to keep Andy somewhat sane for most of the movie and Andy helped him stay sane when he was in there. Red also had trouble at first living outside the prison because he didn’t need permission for everything he did. Andy is very intelligent. We all know that by now definitely a strength of him being able to use whats around him to get what he wants like with the warden and the guards there. Able to keep his mouth shut. Believes everything someone can say to him though that not such a strength as so a weakness, What do I think causes Red and his evaluation. I think Andy leaving him and him missing his friends and trying the same strategy every time wasn't getting him no wear as seen earlier in the movie. So he just tells Sammy what's good and gives him all honesty what he felt. Which gave him a parol. I agree that hope is a good thing in some cases if it involves you and under your control then yes hope is a nice thing to have. If it is out of your control then I don;t think they should get there hopes up for no good reason because there just gonna shatter you know and if you have been through it already you don’t want to do it again so it’s not worth having hope and expectations when you have no control over what the solution is. Zody
The main idea for The Shawshank Redemption is escaping from torture and misery to freedom and joy. Not only is the film about that, but it's also about inspiring hope and finding other hope if’s don’t go as they plan they do to the audience. The strengths and weaknesses of the film are getting your way in prison, but you don’t have the slightest chance of getting out or getting someone else out. The easiest characters in the movie that are alike are Red and Brooks. Red and Brooks go through almost the same motivation when they’re out of prison; thinking about committing a crime to go back to prison, society-changing fast, and people misunderstanding them when they walk past or talk to them about something. The difference that they go through is different psychological issues and depression, but Brooks doesn’t make it or deal with it for the rest of his life. The thing I don’t understand is why the Warden did this for a long time to his prisoners and what made him this way, but Red said “Some things are best left unsolved”, the same thing goes with the origin of the mask from the movie The Mask starring Jim Carrey. The Shawshank Redemption can be related to all sorts of movies like Cool Hand Luke and The Green Mile. The Shawshank Redemption and Cool Hand Luke show a new prison changing things in the prison and making everyone in the prison more holy. The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile show an innocent man being convicted and there are terrible guards who treat him and his inmates like a punching bag. The best part of this movie is when it looks like Andy is going to quit, but he tricked us and escaped from the prison without anyone knowing even his inmates too.
How are Andy and Red alike? They are best friends and just like best friends they have a lot in common with each other. However, their differences bring them together. They are so much alike in the way that they like helping others and they have ties and connections with other people and in the sense of the guards and the holder of the prison, and Red with connections on the outside to get things for others for a price. Both are so smart and use their skills to help themselves while providing for others and protection from those who don't want them to succeed both in and outside of the prison walls. But this doesn't deter them from anything they do, they are clever and kind-kind-hearted, both want others to be happy.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Andy? Andy is a very soft-spoken young man that likes to be by himself at the beginning of the film but even when he has a group eventually, he is still soft-spoken and learns about others and how they work before making and moving. He, however, doesn't always get good things his way when he's like this though. It's shown when he doesn't get this group that he a lot of the time gets picked on and rapped multiple times.
In what way is the wall related to hope and despair? I believe that the wall gives them a feeling of being trapped and never the joy of being free. It’s meant to be a barrier of hope and contain them not only physically but also mentally. They are caged in and while everything they once loved is outside, they are trapped and now have become institutionalized and not really wanting to leave so the wall just really got the best of them.
What is the main idea of the move? The main idea of the movie is just expressing the power of hope. Hope is very important for prisoners because it gives them a reason to keep going on everyday if there was no hope. I think that they would all just give up, since there is hope they want to keep doing what they need to do to get out of prison. How are Byron Hadley and Warden Nordan alike? They both illegally used Andy to help themselves financially. In the end it backfired on them because hadley got thrown in prison and instead of norton going to prison he decided to commit suicide. Which one is the best character and why? I think that Andy is the best character because there is so much that he does in this movie and the plot follows Andy. He is the smartest person in prison. He made a really good library for all the other cell mates. He played music for the entire prison which is probably the first time any of them have heard music in a really long time. He put a bunch of money underneath a rock in a farm field next to the oak tree so that red would have a way of reaching Andy when he was released. Andy got all his friends some beer just for helping out Hadley which is another reason that i think Andy is the best character in this movie. Andy helped the guards out with there taxes even though he didn't have to. He came up with fake name to use for the guy with the bank accounts so when he got out of prison he could go to the bank and claim all the money with the id card of the fake guy. jacob wolfe
Which character is the best character and why? I would say Andy because he is the smartest and the most intelligent person out there. He was also innocent at the time and knew how to solve his problems in jail. At the beginning he was accused of murdering his wife and the golf pro then is arrested and goes to jail. While he is in jail he is quiet but quiet people are usually the smartest people in my opinion and in this case it was true. He then asks red if he can get him stuff because Red is known for getting things in the jail. Andy asks him for a rock hammer because he likes rocks and sculps chess pieces. He then gets beat up by the sisters which are the people who don’t have an identity or people who like messing with people and thats what they did, they beat and raped him in the laundry room and another room but then then officer beat the living crap out of the dude and made him paralized which he had to eat out of a straw for the rest of his life. Later in the movie Andy escapes from jail and makes it out, timing it perfectly with the storm and that's incredible timing. You don’t get much time to do things in prison and Andy somehow was able to but Shawshank Redemption is probably the best film i’ve watched in this class and plan to watch more hopefully because I like watching and learning about different films that we study in class.
How are Red and Andy alike? I think they are alike because of how they both think. They both think outside of the box and don’t get into trouble. The reason why they don’t get into trouble is because they know how to not get into trouble. They do things a certain way so the guards don’t know what they are doing. What is the main idea in this film? I think the main idea of this film is that no matter what you can always figure out a way to get out of a certain situation. You have to be smarter then the people around you. You have to trick some people to get the job done. What do you think causes one of the guys to get tangled up with Brooks? I think the guy either made fun of him or he maybe tried to take something from him, the guy could have tried to take Brooks bird also. We don;t really know, Red and Andy try to figure it out. Which one is the best thinker? I think Andy is the best thinker because he is the one that got out and in his own way. He only needed a little bit of help from Red. He tricked the guards good and made them super mad. He tricked the warden and then got him to kill himself because Andy would have had him in jail and he didn’t want to go to jail and he did not want to get raped. How does Andy's situation tie in with what he have learned in the past? We have learn to be powerful, strong, outgoing, think out of the box typer of people. We try to be our best and Andy does his best to get out and get to be friends with the people in there. He tries his best to get out by practicing carving figures or objects. He leaves those objects on the window seal for the warden to see and have a little something from Andy.
How are Red and Andy alike? I think they are alike because of how they both think. They both think outside of the box and don’t get into trouble. The reason why they don’t get into trouble is that they know how to not get into trouble. They do things a certain way so the guards don’t know what they are doing. What is the main idea in this film? I think the main idea of this film is that no matter what you can always figure out a way to get out of a certain situation. You have to be smarter than the people around you. You have to trick some people to get the job done. What do you think causes one of the guys to get tangled up with Brooks? I think the guy either made fun of him or he maybe tried to take something from him, the guy could have tried to take Brooks bird also. We don't really know, Red and Andy try to figure it out. Which one is the best thinker? I think Andy is the best thinker because he is the one that got out and in his own way. He only needed a little bit of help from Red. He tricked the guards well and made them super mad. He tricked the warden and then got him to kill himself because Andy would have had him in jail and he didn’t want to go to jail and he did not want to get raped. How does Andy's situation tie in with what he has learned in the past? We have learned to be powerful, strong, outgoing, think the box typer of people. We try to be our best and Andy does his best to get out and get to be friends with the people in there. He tries his best to get out by practicing carving figures or objects. He leaves those objects on the window seal for the warden to see and have a little something from Andy.
Do you agree or disagree with this statement/quote:
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.”
-Red, Shawshank Redemption.
I’d myself somewhat agree with the quote/statement made by Red in the film. I'd miss some of my old friends I made many years ago but for one reason or another, we pardon ways and move on in our lives. Sometimes things are simply not the way they should be without them. It’s hard but some things aren't meant to last for a lifetime, no one is truly perfect no matter what they themselves claim. If we try and try to keep someone in our lives, then there is a problem with us, attachment issues, and obsession with someone who you think likes you but does not anymore.
What do you think caused Brooke to commit suicide? Well, Brooke is a very genouruse old man, he has been in prison for 50 years. If a person was in prison for that long they would have changed a lot, physically and mentally. When Brooke heard that he was going to get out he knew that society doesn't need him for what he has done and they have no hope of getting the prison mindset off his mind. The only hope that Brooke had was staying in prison because he didn't know what the outside world was going to be like. He also had a group of friend in prison that made him feel safe and at home. Then when he got out everything had changed for him. The lifestyle of people and all around the environment. He didn't understand what it all was. He didn't know what life meant outside of prison. All he ever knew was the prison and every part of it.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Andy? Andy’s strengths are that he’s very intelligent, along with being very clever, having managed to outplay the Warden at his own game. Not only that, but he managed to build up the library, create a fake person with a license, social security, etc. His weaknesses, however, is mainly that he is locked away, no one would believe he is innocent, he’s not able to directly stand up to the guards and the warden. Overall, he was weak because he was a prisoner. What is the main idea of The Shawshank Redemption? The main idea is hope, from prisoners hoping to one day be set free, keep themselves happy. Brooks hoped to get back into prison after being set free since he had been there so long already. To Andy, hoping he could be proven innocent and be set free, and when that doesn’t work, breaking out of prison himself, and living out his hope in paradise.
what is the main idea of Shawshank redemption? I think the main idea of Shawshank is how andy tries to deal with his cheating wife and the guy and how he deals with prison life and trying to get out. I think he is trying to cope with prison by keeping to himself for a while to figure out who he can trust how things are being run. What do you think caused brooks to commit suicide? I think what caused brooks to break was because he didn't know how to comprehend the real world and how we went from being someone to no one. I think because he has no one left and he didn't know how to deal with his emotions it got to him. What do you still not understand about the sisters? I don't understand how they become what they are. Plus we don't get much of a background on them and how they got there. And I wonder if the sisters were still around after the warden paralyzed the Boggs and if they are still around do they still beat up other inmates or did they disband and join other groups. What are some possible solutions for the problem of andy's trial? I think maybe if they did end up finding that pistol that and threw into the river or find some other evidence or witnesses. I believe that if the warden wouldn't have killed Tommy over the evidence that Tommy had andy could have been free. but I know that the warden wants to keep and for his money laundering. and was trying to get rid of all evidence of his innocents.
how are andy and tommy alike? the answer to this question is bigger than you would expect. andy has strength and motivation to keep going. he also brings joy to the prison mates. tommy does both of these when he goes for his education and keeps trying, he also had the strength to tell andy and red the truth. all though tommy was not in the movie for long he still created joy by being a laughable and funny character as shown when he gives the "old timers" some jokable comments like when he was giving them heck about being the reason the work flow was going slower. the warden also treats them with disrespect in slight ways that make it seem not disrespectful. what do I think causes this movie to be so great? I think the characters help a lot with this question because of the events that happen and are shown in the movie. when andy first got there we thought that he actually committed the crime that he was put in there for, but it turned out that when tommy came around he was not causing the movie to get more intense and a little more interesting. red helps build some of the interesting parts in the movie with narrating it and who he was. red showed andy the ropes and created a strong bond with him. red also comes into play when people need or want things. the camera angles help with this as well because we think that one thing is gonna happen and another thing that was more expected like red in the pawnshop. in what way is this movie related to real life ? it relates to real life because it shows that even in a place of complete darkness a light can make everything bright. this is what andy did to the prison mates with who andy is .
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How are Red and Andy alike? They are alike by how smart they are. Andy has education and he was a banker and he knows the ins and outs of the system. Red is smart and intelligent by knowing how to get things smuggled into the prison. He also knows how the prison works. What do you think causes the warden to like Andy? Well, the warden starts to like Andy because he is doing his tax returns and making him rich. Andy also does extra things like shining his shoes and washing his clothes to make him look good. How are the head guard and warden the same? They are the same by power. They both have power over the prisoners and they both get help from Andy to do their taxes. I still don’t understand why the warden would put Andy in isolation? The reason why I am asking is that Andy was doing almost everything for him. He was shining his shoes and cleaning his clothes, doing his taxes to make sure that he would become rich. The warden even said when he came back that the place just wasn't the same without him. What do you think causes Brooks to kill himself? Well, the reason why he did is that he didn’t think that he fits in the “outside world.” The world was just so different when he was able to get out. When he was in prison he missed so much. He didn’t feel like he fitted in with anyone because they were just so different. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Andy? His strengths are that he is smart. In the film, it demonstrates this a lot. When he starts to break out he puts a big poster on a hole to cover it up, he cuts out pages in the bible to put a little rock Harmar in so the guards won't find it. He creates a fake person with all the identification to be able to be a person when he breaks out. His weaknesses at the beginning were the “sisters.” But because he is smart was able to get protection from the head guard.
What do you think causes what happens in the film? A lot has happened in the film. One of them is Andy getting “caught”. About this is that he was at the place that his wife and her lover got shot. He doesn’t really remember what happened but he somewhat knows that he didn’t do it because he was never in there and he throws his gun in the royal river. The police think it was him because there were bullets on the ground and tire marks and his empty liquor bottle. Then when Tommy was shot and that he didn’t deserve it at all just the fact because he told Andy the truth and that the warden wasn’t happy with that because that means that they could get a new court date and let Andy go. So the warden made it look like it was an accident that Tommy was shot. They made it look like that even though he got shot down in the middle of the ally way. They shot him because he knew what could send back out into the free world. Which one is the best in Andy's hole that he made, and why? The reason I picked that is that the warden had no clue that Andy was doing that. In that case, no one had any clue that he was doing that. He was so smart about doing it because he got a poster to hide the hole. Also, when he got rid of the pebbles. He did that because he didn’t wanna get caught so he did that. It was smart because he had handfuls at a time so he would just dump them in the prison yard.
Pfeiffer
The main idea of “the hole” is to isolate the prisoner. Another idea behind the hole is to make the prisoner think about what they have done. Like when Andy was in the hole he was in there for calling the warden obtuse and refusing to do the taxes and making him money. What do you think that causes the warden to snap on Andy? I think the warden snapped on Andy because he wanted to go to court and have Tommy testify because Tommy knew who killed Andy’s wife and the golf pro. I also think he snaps because he was called obtuse by Andy and didn’t want to let Andy go because who else was gonna make him money. What do I still not understand is why Boggs went after Andy out of all the new fish. I don’t get why Boggs didn’t go after all the new fish but he just wanted Andy and didn’t stop going after him until Captain Hadley nearly beat him to death and made him paralyzed and have to drink his food through a straw.
Zimmerman
How are me and andy alike well i feel like i may not be as smart as him but i do alway have a plan for ev everything just like he does he thinks things through all the way to the end if i new i needed to lie my way out of something i would think it out all the way to the end before it even left my mouth its important to be able to thing hings threw it will help you for every plan you ever makes in your life you cant just make vast decisions all the time what is the main idea of this story i think its here to show you how far hope can bring you and how life is gonna screw you over every time it gets a chance you always have to have a plan for whats next i dont think escaping prison is gonna be a possibility but you never know what could happen i thing this movie could teach you a little about making friends andy get close with red and gets the guard to help him out that way he can hopefully stop getting rapped and wont have people pick on him anymore i dont under stand why andy said he threw his gun in the river in the beging of the story if he didnt shoot his ex wife then why would he get rid of his gun how can they arrest someone when he says he didnt do it and they dont even have the murder weapon i think in todays times andy would of got off and there would of been a lot more trials that would prove he didnt do it i know that if you have a gun registerd and you fire it they can test the bullet and it will show who owns the gun meier
How are Red and Andy alike? By both giving either other and other inmates in the prison hope. Both became crooks. Both gained hope and lost hope in the plot. Gave each other purpose when they got out. What is the main idea of the bible? It became karma and a lesson for the warden and was used as a punishment towards Andy. Andy left the mallet in the bible the page he had it to was exadus aka exit confeenyeltly enough he saw it after he escaped the prison. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Red? Red is able to keep Andy somewhat sane for most of the movie and Andy helped him stay sane when he was in there. Red also had trouble at first living outside the prison because he didn’t need permission for everything he did. Andy is very intelligent. We all know that by now definitely a strength of him being able to use whats around him to get what he wants like with the warden and the guards there. Able to keep his mouth shut. Believes everything someone can say to him though that not such a strength as so a weakness, What do I think causes Red and his evaluation. I think Andy leaving him and him missing his friends and trying the same strategy every time wasn't getting him no wear as seen earlier in the movie. So he just tells Sammy what's good and gives him all honesty what he felt. Which gave him a parol. I agree that hope is a good thing in some cases if it involves you and under your control then yes hope is a nice thing to have. If it is out of your control then I don;t think they should get there hopes up for no good reason because there just gonna shatter you know and if you have been through it already you don’t want to do it again so it’s not worth having hope and expectations when you have no control over what the solution is. Zody
The main idea for The Shawshank Redemption is escaping from torture and misery to freedom and joy. Not only is the film about that, but it's also about inspiring hope and finding other hope if’s don’t go as they plan they do to the audience. The strengths and weaknesses of the film are getting your way in prison, but you don’t have the slightest chance of getting out or getting someone else out. The easiest characters in the movie that are alike are Red and Brooks. Red and Brooks go through almost the same motivation when they’re out of prison; thinking about committing a crime to go back to prison, society-changing fast, and people misunderstanding them when they walk past or talk to them about something. The difference that they go through is different psychological issues and depression, but Brooks doesn’t make it or deal with it for the rest of his life. The thing I don’t understand is why the Warden did this for a long time to his prisoners and what made him this way, but Red said “Some things are best left unsolved”, the same thing goes with the origin of the mask from the movie The Mask starring Jim Carrey. The Shawshank Redemption can be related to all sorts of movies like Cool Hand Luke and The Green Mile. The Shawshank Redemption and Cool Hand Luke show a new prison changing things in the prison and making everyone in the prison more holy. The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile show an innocent man being convicted and there are terrible guards who treat him and his inmates like a punching bag. The best part of this movie is when it looks like Andy is going to quit, but he tricked us and escaped from the prison without anyone knowing even his inmates too.
How are Andy and Red alike? They are best friends and just like best friends they have a lot in common with each other. However, their differences bring them together. They are so much alike in the way that they like helping others and they have ties and connections with other people and in the sense of the guards and the holder of the prison, and Red with connections on the outside to get things for others for a price. Both are so smart and use their skills to help themselves while providing for others and protection from those who don't want them to succeed both in and outside of the prison walls. But this doesn't deter them from anything they do, they are clever and kind-kind-hearted, both want others to be happy.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Andy? Andy is a very soft-spoken young man that likes to be by himself at the beginning of the film but even when he has a group eventually, he is still soft-spoken and learns about others and how they work before making and moving. He, however, doesn't always get good things his way when he's like this though. It's shown when he doesn't get this group that he a lot of the time gets picked on and rapped multiple times.
In what way is the wall related to hope and despair? I believe that the wall gives them a feeling of being trapped and never the joy of being free. It’s meant to be a barrier of hope and contain them not only physically but also mentally. They are caged in and while everything they once loved is outside, they are trapped and now have become institutionalized and not really wanting to leave so the wall just really got the best of them.
--catiana vargas
What is the main idea of the move? The main idea of the movie is just expressing the power of hope. Hope is very important for prisoners because it gives them a reason to keep going on everyday if there was no hope. I think that they would all just give up, since there is hope they want to keep doing what they need to do to get out of prison.
How are Byron Hadley and Warden Nordan alike? They both illegally used Andy to help themselves financially. In the end it backfired on them because hadley got thrown in prison and instead of norton going to prison he decided to commit suicide.
Which one is the best character and why? I think that Andy is the best character because there is so much that he does in this movie and the plot follows Andy. He is the smartest person in prison. He made a really good library for all the other cell mates. He played music for the entire prison which is probably the first time any of them have heard music in a really long time. He put a bunch of money underneath a rock in a farm field next to the oak tree so that red would have a way of reaching Andy when he was released. Andy got all his friends some beer just for helping out Hadley which is another reason that i think Andy is the best character in this movie. Andy helped the guards out with there taxes even though he didn't have to. He came up with fake name to use for the guy with the bank accounts so when he got out of prison he could go to the bank and claim all the money with the id card of the fake guy.
jacob wolfe
Which character is the best character and why? I would say Andy because he is the smartest and the most intelligent person out there. He was also innocent at the time and knew how to solve his problems in jail. At the beginning he was accused of murdering his wife and the golf pro then is arrested and goes to jail. While he is in jail he is quiet but quiet people are usually the smartest people in my opinion and in this case it was true. He then asks red if he can get him stuff because Red is known for getting things in the jail. Andy asks him for a rock hammer because he likes rocks and sculps chess pieces. He then gets beat up by the sisters which are the people who don’t have an identity or people who like messing with people and thats what they did, they beat and raped him in the laundry room and another room but then then officer beat the living crap out of the dude and made him paralized which he had to eat out of a straw for the rest of his life. Later in the movie Andy escapes from jail and makes it out, timing it perfectly with the storm and that's incredible timing. You don’t get much time to do things in prison and Andy somehow was able to but Shawshank Redemption is probably the best film i’ve watched in this class and plan to watch more hopefully because I like watching and learning about different films that we study in class.
How are Red and Andy alike? I think they are alike because of how they both think. They both think outside of the box and don’t get into trouble. The reason why they don’t get into trouble is because they know how to not get into trouble. They do things a certain way so the guards don’t know what they are doing.
What is the main idea in this film? I think the main idea of this film is that no matter what you can always figure out a way to get out of a certain situation. You have to be smarter then the people around you. You have to trick some people to get the job done.
What do you think causes one of the guys to get tangled up with Brooks? I think the guy either made fun of him or he maybe tried to take something from him, the guy could have tried to take Brooks bird also. We don;t really know, Red and Andy try to figure it out.
Which one is the best thinker? I think Andy is the best thinker because he is the one that got out and in his own way. He only needed a little bit of help from Red. He tricked the guards good and made them super mad. He tricked the warden and then got him to kill himself because Andy would have had him in jail and he didn’t want to go to jail and he did not want to get raped.
How does Andy's situation tie in with what he have learned in the past? We have learn to be powerful, strong, outgoing, think out of the box typer of people. We try to be our best and Andy does his best to get out and get to be friends with the people in there. He tries his best to get out by practicing carving figures or objects. He leaves those objects on the window seal for the warden to see and have a little something from Andy.
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How are Red and Andy alike? I think they are alike because of how they both think. They both think outside of the box and don’t get into trouble. The reason why they don’t get into trouble is that they know how to not get into trouble. They do things a certain way so the guards don’t know what they are doing.
What is the main idea in this film? I think the main idea of this film is that no matter what you can always figure out a way to get out of a certain situation. You have to be smarter than the people around you. You have to trick some people to get the job done. What do you think causes one of the guys to get tangled up with Brooks? I think the guy either made fun of him or he maybe tried to take something from him, the guy could have tried to take Brooks bird also. We don't really know, Red and Andy try to figure it out. Which one is the best thinker? I think Andy is the best thinker because he is the one that got out and in his own way. He only needed a little bit of help from Red. He tricked the guards well and made them super mad. He tricked the warden and then got him to kill himself because Andy would have had him in jail and he didn’t want to go to jail and he did not want to get raped.
How does Andy's situation tie in with what he has learned in the past? We have learned to be powerful, strong, outgoing, think the box typer of people. We try to be our best and Andy does his best to get out and get to be friends with the people in there. He tries his best to get out by practicing carving figures or objects. He leaves those objects on the window seal for the warden to see and have a little something from Andy.
Do you agree or disagree with this statement/quote:
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.”
-Red, Shawshank Redemption.
I’d myself somewhat agree with the quote/statement made by Red in the film. I'd miss some of my old friends I made many years ago but for one reason or another, we pardon ways and move on in our lives. Sometimes things are simply not the way they should be without them. It’s hard but some things aren't meant to last for a lifetime, no one is truly perfect no matter what they themselves claim. If we try and try to keep someone in our lives, then there is a problem with us, attachment issues, and obsession with someone who you think likes you but does not anymore.
What do you think caused Brooke to commit suicide? Well, Brooke is a very genouruse old man, he has been in prison for 50 years. If a person was in prison for that long they would have changed a lot, physically and mentally. When Brooke heard that he was going to get out he knew that society doesn't need him for what he has done and they have no hope of getting the prison mindset off his mind. The only hope that Brooke had was staying in prison because he didn't know what the outside world was going to be like. He also had a group of friend in prison that made him feel safe and at home. Then when he got out everything had changed for him. The lifestyle of people and all around the environment. He didn't understand what it all was. He didn't know what life meant outside of prison. All he ever knew was the prison and every part of it.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Andy? Andy’s strengths are that he’s very intelligent, along with being very clever, having managed to outplay the Warden at his own game. Not only that, but he managed to build up the library, create a fake person with a license, social security, etc. His weaknesses, however, is mainly that he is locked away, no one would believe he is innocent, he’s not able to directly stand up to the guards and the warden. Overall, he was weak because he was a prisoner.
What is the main idea of The Shawshank Redemption? The main idea is hope, from prisoners hoping to one day be set free, keep themselves happy. Brooks hoped to get back into prison after being set free since he had been there so long already. To Andy, hoping he could be proven innocent and be set free, and when that doesn’t work, breaking out of prison himself, and living out his hope in paradise.
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what is the main idea of Shawshank redemption? I think the main idea of Shawshank is how andy tries to deal with his cheating wife and the guy and how he deals with prison life and trying to get out. I think he is trying to cope with prison by keeping to himself for a while to figure out who he can trust how things are being run. What do you think caused brooks to commit suicide? I think what caused brooks to break was because he didn't know how to comprehend the real world and how we went from being someone to no one. I think because he has no one left and he didn't know how to deal with his emotions it got to him. What do you still not understand about the sisters? I don't understand how they become what they are. Plus we don't get much of a background on them and how they got there. And I wonder if the sisters were still around after the warden paralyzed the Boggs and if they are still around do they still beat up other inmates or did they disband and join other groups. What are some possible solutions for the problem of andy's trial? I think maybe if they did end up finding that pistol that and threw into the river or find some other evidence or witnesses. I believe that if the warden wouldn't have killed Tommy over the evidence that Tommy had andy could have been free. but I know that the warden wants to keep and for his money laundering. and was trying to get rid of all evidence of his innocents.
how are andy and tommy alike? the answer to this question is bigger than you would expect. andy has strength and motivation to keep going. he also brings joy to the prison mates. tommy does both of these when he goes for his education and keeps trying, he also had the strength to tell andy and red the truth. all though tommy was not in the movie for long he still created joy by being a laughable and funny character as shown when he gives the "old timers" some jokable comments like when he was giving them heck about being the reason the work flow was going slower. the warden also treats them with disrespect in slight ways that make it seem not disrespectful. what do I think causes this movie to be so great? I think the characters help a lot with this question because of the events that happen and are shown in the movie. when andy first got there we thought that he actually committed the crime that he was put in there for, but it turned out that when tommy came around he was not causing the movie to get more intense and a little more interesting. red helps build some of the interesting parts in the movie with narrating it and who he was. red showed andy the ropes and created a strong bond with him. red also comes into play when people need or want things. the camera angles help with this as well because we think that one thing is gonna happen and another thing that was more expected like red in the pawnshop. in what way is this movie related to real life ? it relates to real life because it shows that even in a place of complete darkness a light can make everything bright. this is what andy did to the prison mates with who andy is .
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