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Preface :Shawshank Redeem is a movie which reflect the unjustice in American law system.Leading charactoer in this film Andy is a exchange prisoner in Shawshank .He know this is a world that full of ridiculous ,black and white are reverse .Because he know he si innocent .But he have no complain much about his fate .He just adopt it quiet .The big life divide didn’t make him psychorrhexis ,anxiety .Nomatter being harassed by homosexual in prison or the violence of jail ,he shoe himself like quiet ,tolorance .Just like his best friend in prison said ,he stroll in yard leisurely ,just like in a park .We must be curious that why Andy can be so calm and leisurely in such a inhumarity place .In my opinion ,cause he live in a real profane world and a ideal hope world .But the most important invention important thing is nous ,the strong point of balancing the real and ideality between the two world .As a social man ,Andy sparkplug a reasonnable ,responsible life style according to a concept of rational and selfdiscipline .In prison , he can adapt to one of the daily life ,complete fixed work, meal on time to rest, let in fresh air.And at the same time ,he can keep his hobby ,get mallet from Red to curve stone .Thought he violate prison rules and is took into custody two weeks ,he can still being immerse in the beautiful melody of THE MARIAGE OF FIGARO.The director use this limited time of music to reflect transcendality in Andy’s inner mental world .At this point ,we can find that the aesthetic expression function of music disrupt the jail’s cruel despotism and the absence of ethics .When prisoners are touched by the beautiful melody and look back to the loudspeaker ,the film show us that under the constrain of prison system ,people have a eager to renew their living experience from the moribund ,usual institution form.From another angle ,Andy is living in a eager of freedom ,and hope to live in a nice world which exist in outside of reality .“Thought we have no wing ,we can’t give up our dream of flying .”this is his maxim in his life .Thus ,in this case film wecan find that Andy treat nous as his pursuit ,but what he really belongs to is a world that full of imaging and freedom .this is the real world he long for .And this the real meaning that Andy realize his redeem and leisure .

Background :This is a film about a secret heppened in 1 946.Andy ,a banker ,was charged for murdurede his wife and her lover with gun after he drunk .Andy got life ,which mean that he will spend the rest of his life in prison .Red,a lifers in 1 927 for murdur,and never succeed for release on parole .He has been an authority in Shawshank jail .As long as enough money you possess ,then he can get anything that you want .Everyone in jail will bet on the new comers to Shawshank for which one will cry first .Red thought Andy will cry first ,because Andy was so weak and like a egghead .But unfortunately ,Andy made him disappointed at last .But this made Red pay special regard to Andy .At first ,Andy was a silent man ,he didn’t talk much and just stroll in yard .The first word he speak to Red is to ask him to find a hammer for him ,which help him to past of time in prison .Besides ,Andy had a hard time at the first two years .But he got a chance to shoe his strong piont on tax .This chance not only make him get over that hard time and make friends with Red and others ,but also make him protect by jailers .As time goes by ,Andy became a tool for warden to launder and a library builed by Andy .But a coinsidence chance make him realize that he was really innocent .But the warden prevent him to leave the jail .Andy finaly escape the jail to Macxico .And the warden was lay open by Andy .Red was conditional relaese and go to live on with Andy .It is a happy ending .

Theme :I still can remember a dialog about hope .They talk about music at first .Red doesn’t agree with Andy’s thought .Andy said :forget that there are places in this world in the world that are not made out of stone,that there’s something inside that they can’t get to ,they can’t touch .It is yours ----hope .What Andy does seems unworthy to Red and other prisoners in the first place because they have rather different perception of life in prison .To Andy ,music is not only something beautiful and enjoyable ,but soenthing that can give him a taste of freedom and hope as well .Enjoying music is a way he uses to affirm both others and himself that he has not cease his hope for freedom .However ,Red and others have almost give up .Losing taste for music ,Red has long believed that freedom is beyond theirn reach and hope can only make them can ever more frustrated .It is a tragedy that a person live withot hope ,just like a walking corpse and running flesh ----a dead-alive person .In this film has mention the Institutionlized several times .We can find one scene in the movie.That is Red’s word : I find these walls are kind of funny like that. First you hate them, then you get used to them. Enough time passed, get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized. Jail has constrained convicts’s body and spirit .This kind of institutionalized convicts .They have no hope .Once they are go back to society ,they can’t adjust themslves to it .They afraid ,frustrated ,dismay ;discriminated by others .Just like old Brooks who had been in prison for 50 years,when he was release from jail ,he give up all hope and commited suicide at last. He is a tragedy of institutionalized .GET BUSY LIVING OR GET BUSY DYING .This is Andy said .Shawshank make life into a cruel choice .We must choose one of them . We must belive ourselves ,never give up ,waiting for our glory that belong to us .This is Shawshank redeem .

“Some birds aren't meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are just too bright.”Red appraise Andy .Yes, Andy is a bird which can’t restrain him .He never give up to strive for freedom .So he uses a mallet to chisel an enterclose to freedom which cost most of his life .So he always nerved ,and build up a library for himself and his inmate’s freedom in mind .So he make use of his intelligence to fight with evil warden ,and beat him at last. Andy told us never give up whatever difficult we face ,and keep our faith . A strong man can save himself, a great man can save another.Andy done it .He save himself at last .And he save Red ,save American justice under law ,save his inmates .Thought he is a scholar ,he is stronger than others .He is a great man.

Another theme we can’t miss ----the great friendship between Red and Andy .Because Red ,Andy can have a safe condition in prison and get things that he need .Because Andy ,Red can relaese from his past guilt.He get a salvation both in his mind and his future life . Just a few common dialog, have become eternal promise. The friendship between the two people is not only a star picture , but also greatly still mean intention of precious books, address of the stone. Because these simple thing, let us enjoy in particularly hard prison life, support each other, help each other and encourage each other of friendship. lthough this does not consider as what, but because of the special environment, more let a person experience it very precious. Film end, when two friends meet first, two heavy smile carefree really make the person extremely envy.because that smile full from Heaven to Earth,and full of neverending hope in human’s mind .

Conflict :This film full of conflict.Husband and wife ,innocent and guilty ,justice and evil ,freedom and restrain ,hope and hopeless ,loyal ang deceitful ,institutionalized and freedom, and so on .these conflict run through all the movie .But we can conclude into three points :thematic paradox , consciousness paradox and philosophy paradox .At the beginning of this film ,appear such scene :a drunk man in a car ,court questioning …These scenes confuse us .Then a lawyer’s relaxed conclution :Andy ,the banker ,because his wife had sex relationship with other guy ,so he killed them after he drunk .But the director don’t tell the truth at the beginning .When Red ask Andy the reson he was prosecuted ,Andy said he is innocent .Make us rebuild our doubt ,at the same time continue relief the thematic paradox .The reaction of Red after listenning these words is “everyone in jail are innocent ”.But as Tomy’s coming ,we know that Andy has tell the truth .At the same as time ,Tomy ,whi be loyal to to God ,is kill by the hypocritical warden.This show the paradox “the guity person is innocent ”.A lawexecutor shoud be justice but what the warden is doing is so evil ,he kill Tomy who have just got the diploma and hoping to be a lawabiding person .This enforce the thematic paradox .

When we first watching this movie ,we would find that lust come with give up .The warden is lure by money .He make money in relaxed .He become a solitude and swanky ,he want to conquer everything .And he own them .In a place of male ,the “three sister” unable to extinguish the flame burning sexual desire .Let off with stimulus and violence .Then they own the cure body and the body can not let off in prison ,they fill enough .But the director is so cruel ,he make the warden give up money which was drawed by Andy ,and commited suicide .The homosexual is crippled ,he give up bugerry .But even abandon the chance of enjoyment.On the other hand ,Red give up the thought of commited siucide cause by the discomfort of freedom .He got reborn .Andy give up to build the garden-like prison and give up to using legal to redress .He leave ,and own the fresh air beside sea and freedom .

The paradox of philosophy is take over at last .The sun after sunset is stress by the director at the end of movie .It show us severe and deep the paradox between possibility and impossibility .It explain this thesis in the following examples :Tomy shuoldn’t have pass the exam ,but he do it ;the person Andy create shouldn’t be exist ,but Andy make it ;after old Brooks be free ,he should have a comefortable life ,but because of diversity element ,he can’t .What I think is impossible is Andy’s mallet .He use this tool chisel a tunnel to freedom after decades .

Postscript :You will face many difficult position ,how to choose?Sometimes the choice may mean death ,but sometimes are not .When you are facing hopeless situation ,you must chose to this :keep busy living or busy dying .Sometimes when you facing such situation ,what you should do is to wait or stand . Actualy ,everyone has a endless power ,it is your potential .There are not defference .What the defference is how you use them .

No hope ever die .The film tell us that we should keep hope in our life whatever obstacle in front of us .And we will never fail .To choose a life style ,which will make never confuse in your daily life .Keep busy living ,you will feel happiness full of your mind and your family .Just do it.