Salvation

Helmer 2022-03-21 09:01:03

We always say if.

In fact, we all know that there are no ifs in the world, and we cannot go back to the past.

"I do not regret it for a day, but I regret not being punished. I look back on the past, the little idiot who committed the felony. I want to talk to him, I try to be reasonable and make him understand what is right and what is wrong, but I can't do it, that young man has long since disappeared, leaving me with an old body."

Andy entered this Shawshank prison, the most unbreakable. Severe warden, cruel prison guard, perverted prisoner. Four high walls, an iron gate, darkness, barbed wire, searchlights, monotonous prison life, heavy labor reforms, and corporal punishment from time to time...

Andy. He is taciturn but strong and courageous, with firm beliefs and an eternal pursuit of freedom. Whether it is the harsh living environment in prison, the lonely mental torture, and the passing of time, he has never allowed him to give up the pursuit of freedom. His perseverance is destined to create his own success even in prison. As long as he wants to leave, the prison can't keep him in anyway.

Rhett, Andy's black friend. Wisdom, perseverance, and a good mix, the needs of prisoners are "not beyond his reach." "In Shark Castle, hope is a dangerous thing." He followed the rules of Shark Castle to protect himself, until Andy appeared and changed him.

Salvation. Andy is here, bringing changes to the lifeless Shawshank prison. Andy wrote letters without giving up and raised funds for the prison library; helped other prisoners to read and literate; let the music fly over the prison’s air yard for the first time... Andy had an indelible hope for the future, so he Start to spread hope, start to redeem those silent souls, redeem myself.

Finally, he crawled out, escaped from Shawshank, escaped from the four copper walls, escaped from the hardship of the past two decades.

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The Shawshank Redemption quotes

  • [after Brooks held a knife to Heywood's throat]

    Andy Dufresne: I just don't understand what happened in there.

    Heywood: Old man's crazy as a rat in a tin shithouse, is what.

    Red: Oh Heywood, that's enough out of you!

    Ernie: I heard he had you shittin' in your pants!

    Heywood: Fuck you!

    Red: Would you knock it off? Brooks ain't no bug. He's just... just institutionalized.

    Heywood: Institutionalized, my ass.

    Red: The man's been in here fifty years, Heywood. Fifty years! This is all he knows. In here, he's an important man. He's an educated man. Outside, he's nothin'! Just a used up con with arthritis in both hands.

  • Red: [narrating, referring to the warden committing suicide] I'd like to think that the last thing that went through his head, other than that bullet, was to wonder how the hell Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him.