We learn that Andy's wife was having an affair with a golf player at the local country club, that after she left the house after the confrontation, Andy followed her to the golf player's house, then went in the house and murdered them. The lawyer fills in the rest of the story, telling Andy that he told his wife, "I'll see you in hell before I see you in Reno," according to the testimony of his neighbors. Andy tells the lawyer that they had a bitter confrontation about the fact that his wife was having an affair and that she wanted a divorce. The scene shifts to a courtroom, where the lawyer questions Andy about a confrontation he had with his wife. He takes a bottle of liquor out of a bag and takes a swig, and we see that there is also a gun in the bag. I was unable to locate any articles where Mr King, himself, addresses who or what is redeemed.We see a man, Andy Dufresne, sitting in a car at night.
RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION MOVIE MOVIE
And that doesn't include the prison library that Andy built out when he was still there.įYI - the original novella upon which the movie was based was Steven King's Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. Not sure why you'd think it would get worse with the head of the guards arrested and the warden killing himself, and the corruption and abuse exposed in all of the public newspapers.
The Shawshank prison, itself, as Andy exposed the rot/cancer of corruption there, and the culprits were hauled away and replaced, and, probably, to a certain extent, the prison itself was reformed. Yes, Andy, as was never guilty, but was able to overcome the system that incarcerated him, and would have kept him for life, and taken his life, and also overcame the corruption of the system. Without Andy, Red might have ended up the same as Brooks, friendless and without hope.Īs you mentioned - Red, as a hardened, lifer criminal who had nothing to look forward to if we has released, and probably would have gone the route of Brooks, instead going off to finish his days in a hopeful, productive, human way - something he never had, it seems, even BEFORE committing his crimes. Indeed, there is the contrast between Red and the old man Brooks who commits suicide after leaving the prison because he had little hope on the outside. The hope that he can continue friendship with Red after they have done their time. The hope that once he leaves, he can go to Zihuatanejo and live off a fishing boat. Through the glimmer of hope that Andy brings to the prisoners with the small measures of freedom in playing music over the PA system. It is the hope that he can bring to light the crimes that were committed by people in charge of prisoners. Andy reveals to Red that hope is the only thing that keeps him going. Redemption comes in the good that you do for others. Rehabilitation as Red points out is a fancy made up word to make the suits believe they are doing society a service in locking away the criminals while they ponder on their criminal acts as a punishment for their crimes. There is a theme of Redemption vs Rehabilitation best voiced by Red as a character.
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