TheShawshankRedemption
TheShawshankRedemptionisdirectedbyFrankDarabont,andisstarredbyTimRobbinsandMorganFreeman.AmongIMDB,morethan1million600thousandofthememberswereselectedasthefirstin250films.AndwasselectedforthetwentiethCenturyfilmlistoftheAmericanfilmsociety.
Redemptionisshowninthreeaspects..First,Andy'sRedemption:fromthebeginninghedidnotlethimselffallintoprisonlife(ascomparedtothefirstnighthewasinprisonatthesametime),totheunremittingstruggleofthesisterflower,towritinganddiggingforhisfaith,andattheendofthetunnel,itwasnotinahurrytoescape,becauseitwasnotinahurrytoescape.Hisredemptionisnotaprisonbreakbutaninsistenceonhisbeliefandhisinnocence-theprisonbreakrepresentsoneofthesins,andnoonebelieveshisowninnocence,sothefinaldecisiontoescapeistheultimateredemptionofhisown-Iamnotguilty,Ineedfreedom.Second,Andy'sredemptionfortheinmates:givingtheinmatesanunprecedentedbeer,music,andcomfortablelibrary;givingayoungfriendTommyWilliamseducation;givinghisgoodfriendReed'sconsolationharmonica,deepthinkingaboutlife-getbusylivingorgetbusydying.(themoviespecificallycomparesReed'schangeinreleaseapproval).Suchgivingisactuallyaspiritualredemptionforthem,andignitingaperson'shopeforlifeisnodoubtaredemptionforhim.Besides,Andy'sredemptiontoShawshankprison:becauseofAndy,theSisterFlowerswerewicked;thereweremusic,acomfortableLibraryintheprison;thewardenandothershaduncoveredtheuglyface,andtheprisonbecameclean.
Insummary,Salvationisloveandhopeforlife,respectandreverenceforlife.Thewallsoftheprisonwillhateyoufromtheverybeginning;youwillgetusedtoitslowly;youwillfindyourselfunabletogetawayfromitforalongtime.Manypeoplehavebeeninstitutionalizedinprison.Andy,whohasbeenimprisonedfor19yearsinprison,seemstohaveaninvisiblecoatthatseparateshimfromtheworld-healwaysloveslifeandishopeful. Thereissomethingineveryone'sheartthattheycan'ttakeaway.Theycan'tbetouched.Theybelongtoyoualone.That'shope.Weshouldalwayshavehopeinlifeandbringhopetoourselvesandothers,andtheworldwillbedifferentfromus.
