Transcript ShawshankNotes

Shawshank Redemption
Crime and Punishment
Let us begin...
Have you ever been wrongly accused of something? How did it make you feel? Was
there justice?
What is justice?
What is revenge?
In the beginning...
1947: Portland, Maine
Andy Dufrense: convicted of murdering his wife and her lover→ claims to be innocent
**He is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in Shawshank State Penitentiary
Ellis “Red” Redding
● How do the inmates react to the bus coming in? Why?
● What was Red’s impression of Andy when he first saw him?
Rule #1 No Blasphemy
Discipline and the Bible→ is there a connection
Why is the first night the hardest? What is their reality?
The only question is: “Who is going to cry first?”
Let’s Meet the Characters
Andy Dufrense
Ellis “Red” Redding
Warden Norton
Captain Hadley
Guard Dekins
Brooks Hatlen
“The Sisters” --> Bogs Diamond
Not Everything is as it Seems
“Everybody in here is innocent”
What does Andy ask Red to get?
Why does Andy want this item?
What advice does Red give Andy?
How was Andy demeanor different from the other inmantes?
Spring 1949
*Andy’s reality changes
Special detail: outdoor detail→ needed volunteers
What happens between Andy and Captain Hadley?
What does Andy leverage for the other inmates?
“The lordes of all creation”
The Only Guilty Man in Shawshank
What question does Red keep asking Andy? And his response?
What does Red say about why he is in Shawshank?
*What is the next item Andy asks Red to get?
Andy spends a month in the infirmary
Bogs spend a week in the hole→ What do the guards do and react to what happened
to Andy
1. Sisters never bothered Andy again
2. Bogs never walked again (transferred)
Rocks
Surprise inspection
Mark 13:35
John 8:12
What was the inscription written over the Rita Hayworth poster?
“Salvation lies within”
Andy’s Reassignment
Brooks and the library
Why me? Why now?
What is Andy really doing in the library?