Andy Dufresne told Red so.
They sat under the high wall of Shawshank prison, a high wall made of stone, while Mexico was in the far south.
So they finally met there again. With bare feet, the sea breeze blew away the hat, Zihuatanejo, Mexico, the Pacific Ocean was as blue as Red's dream.
The process is so complicated. Countless carefully calculated details, countless coincidences, countless painful sleepless nights, countless times of fear. That's why everything can end so pleasantly.
Climbing out of the sewer, he washed away everything in the heavy rain, all the darkness of the prison. He took off his prison uniform and shouted at the sky.
That is the best comment on freedom.
Red liked this man from the beginning. Wandering in the open space of the prison, as if there is an invisible barrier separating him from the people around him, the way he walks is like spreading in his own garden.
Then he took a huge risk to help the warden at the price of allowing them, the criminals, to drink a few bottles of cold beer while repairing the roof in the sun, just like renovating his own house.
A small stone statue carved out on the windowsill. Female celebrity posters posted on the wall. The opera that resounded throughout the prison.
What he is interested in is not to spend a long time, what he wants to do is to save his soul.
Save the soul of freedom.
No one can take his soul away, no one, whether it is despair, pain, anger, or numbness. Because his soul is occupied by better things, occupied by one of the best things in the world.
hope.
A simple word. This is not a dangerous thing, not even in Shawshank. On the contrary, in Shawshank, I hope to bring the most precious things. I am not talking about cold beer, star posters, or the little hammer hidden in the Bible. What I hope to bring is freedom.
If the name Zihuatanejo is too difficult to remember, it is better to remember the simple explanation of this word in Andy Dufresne's mind, a simple four-letter word, a word that Tommy can quickly remember: HOPE.
Life is so helpless and helpless. It's lengthy, and time uses its mysterious power to defeat everything. Unconsciously, despair and pain are replaced by habit, and the habit gives rise to insensitive eyes. Institutionalized. This process happened so slowly that when you noticed it, you clearly can't remember how young, crazy and complacent you were before. It was a long, long time ago. This is also a trick of time.
Our way of life may occasionally stimulate us with some warm and beautiful little things, so we still remember the existence of the soul. However, in Shawshank, the harsh environment forces you to bow your head, bend over, and kneel down until you can no longer stand up.
The beautiful life was stolen like this.
Andy understands this truth, so the choice before him is obvious, get busy living, or get busy dying.
Some birds are not meant to be caged. Their feathers are too bright. Just as Red said. He rushed out of the cage in the torrential rain and flew into the blue sky, and hope made him and Zihuatanejo in Red's dream like a sea of blue as if there is no memory, occupying their sights.
PS: There are countless aphorisms in Shawshank's salvation, and translating them is simply a sin. It is recommended to watch with excellent image quality and high-quality English subtitles.
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