This movie tells us a tale that takes place during the 1940's in a horror prison called Shawshank.

Rating: Null/10 (31 October 2004)

Something more beautiful -----The Shawshank Redemption
This movie tells us a tale that takes place during the 1940's in a horror prison called Shawshank. The story is about a young banker named Andy Dufresne; a man was wrongly accused of murdering his wife though he was innocent. After Andy Dufresne was sentenced to Shawshank Prison, he must deal with those people despise and bully him, those brutal guards without any justice, and a corrupt warden who cannot do anything. Then he discovers the horror of prison. Prisoners in this prison seem to have been forgotten the hope and freedom which belonged to them. They forget how to live a free life and cannot think of some beautiful things outside the prison. Gradually, they get use to the prison life and give up the seeking of freedom. They become unconcerned and lose their faith, which is the most awful thing to one¡¯s life. In this prison he meets a man who has been sentenced to there for some time already, Red, who then strikes up the friendship with him. He is the narrator and is known as the guy who is able to get almost any type stuff from the prison. He helps Andy finding a rock hammer which helps Andy escape from the prison at last. What make me admire Andy most is his unremitting perseverance. He spends almost 20 years to dig a channel and escape outside from the prison just by a small rock hammer! One should not lose or give up his faith and dream, or just like a man without his soul. He cannot do nothing only knows he is surviving in the world like an animal. Courage is the motivations which stimulate you go ahead the success field in the dream. Andy writes a letter to Red after he gets outside. In the letter, such sentences like this:
Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things,
and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds
you, and finds you well. Your friend. Andy. I like the letter very much. It touches my heart deeply and makes me think much. I think about the life in the future, think about the meaning of my life. How should I do and which road I choose will make the life more meaningful? It is decided by yourself!
Guangxi University of Technology
Foreign Language Department English Major Class022
Yuanqiong Chen (Joan)