Hope In Stephen King's Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption

Towards the end of the film all Red has when he heads to meet Andy is hope, as he cannot cope with the outside world anymore and has no idea if he will even make it over the border and find

Eventually, Red got out on parole, and it was the hope that Andy brought to Shawshank that kept him going on the outside. In this story, Andy was the most hopeful person in Shawshank, but he was also sensible towards the notion of risk and reward. Despite being a quiet man, Andy would show his hopefulness in what he said as well as what he did. An example of the latter took place when the warden explained to Andy how he is a man who thinks too highly of himself. The warden described how he has observed that Andy, "used to walk around that exercise yard as if it was a living room and [Andy was at] one of those cocktail parties…" (71).

A person must realize the opportunity to move to a better place to better themselves rather than staying stuck becoming better in the the same situation. In the first novel, “Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption” and the then film The Shawshank Redemption, this is shown. While a few things are different between the two, the main storyline is the same. The main character, Andy Dufresne is sentenced to Shawshank prison for the murder of his wife and lover. He claims he didn’t commit the murder and by accounts of his best friend in prison, Red, the man who can get anything, and others, he is innocent of said crime.

Doe Zantamata, an American author, once said, “Good friends help you find the most important things when you have lost them... your smile, your hope, and your courage.” In Frank Darabont’s film The Shawshank Redemption, hope and friendship are a large part of the characters’ lives, as they are inmates in the Shawshank prison. Andy is a newcomer and intrigues Red, an inmate who has been in the prison for a long time. Although Red is not sure what to think of him at first, they soon become good friends.

Andy Wright was accused of raping a girl for the second time, and his brother Roy, shot and killed his wife and himself. In the end of everything, only Clarence Norris was successful in the north, “He wanted the world to know that he was an innocent man. He had a responsibility now to make sure that the world understood that those nine defendants in 1931 were innocent and that it was racism, only racism, that in fact forced them to spend all those years in prison,” (Scottsboro). The difference between Tom Robinson and the Scottsboro boys was faith. The Scottsboro boys waited for their freedom and after years were finally freed, but Tom Robinson had no faith in Atticus’ appeal so he committed suicide.

On the Sidewalk Bleeding: Andy’s Journey from Innocence to Experience Everyone has heard the saying “Expect the unexpected”, but does society really live by that? Sometimes life seems to be going so well that one may think that they are lucky, and that nothing will go wrong. But in reality, it is once one gets comfortable that things start to go wrong.

Steve believes that he is a monster, he dislikes his life, at the moment, and being on trial does not help with the fact that his self esteem is low. Steve Harmon does not want to be in jail anymore, he wants to be

Beatings and abuse did not keep Louie from resisting. These experiences show how people can go through horrible, disgusting, deplorable situations and can still recover. Louie went from having flashbacks of his time in the POW camp to living a happy life until he died at 97 years. People can recover from anything. They just need support and for people to care about

During a conversation between him and Author Wes Moore in prison, where he serves a life sentence, Other Wes Moore once again displays the fixed mindset that permeated throughout his youth and now into adulthood with this statement; he says: “We will do what is expected of us, if they expect us to graduate, we will graduate. If they expect us to get a job, we will get a job. If they expect us to go to jail, then that’s where we will go too. At some point you lose control” (Moore 126). Other Wes Moore became a sad product of his environment due to his negative disposition, a lack of positive support within his family dynamics.

Elie also impacts himself by being scared of letting go of his father, and by feeling this way it makes Elie stronger and pushes his father forward. Even though Elie’s father died, Elie still continued on with his hope of reaching the end of the awful journey. Strong is a word to Elie inherited because he kept believing in living even though he had nothing to live

Brasher summed up his request for life in prison, “He tends to manipulate situations and has manipulated the court system in the past and is doing that today." Hawkins got a life sentence for each of the seven charges against him to be served consecutively. The young woman is not attending counseling and trying to complete her GED. Per PimpPreacher.com, "if you are sick of Pedophiles hiding behind the pulpit then join our effort to rid churches of men who were never called by God. Like our Facebook page or

When the SWAT team and the police come barging through his door and yelling, "You now need to come with us you are being booked in jail," that just isn 't right. First off, if the state is going to come thirteen years after he had received a new life, and take him to jail would force his family to go through more struggles than they already have had. That would make it their fault and therefore he should not go back to jail because the state couldn 't figure out how to book him in jail. Say Mike goes to jail he will be there a nother thirteen years and won 't be able to raise his kids, run his business to take care of the needs of his co-workers, and have a normal life. In the end Mike should not go back to jail because it 's the state 's wrongdoing to not account for Mike and take him to jail.

After Haggard release from prison in 1960, he left most of his bad behaviors in the past. He didn’t believe his recreational drug use, hindered his path of healthy behavior change. By 1960 Haggard reformed way, let him leave prison. Then he believed his ability in making a music career and left a life of thievery. His belief that music could lead him to a life he desires, kept his new behaviors positive.

Huckleberry Finn is taking place where slavery and racism is hugely used and courage. Even though, Huckleberry was not racist himself, he believes in the same rules as the society around encourage. When he has to be put to the test whether what the right thing is at what mind state Huckleberry Finn must decide. Growing up Huckleberry Finn is raised with a wrong heart and only has a mindset for two different types of people: slaves and whites. Huckleberry was now in a different position as he was a younger and now will make a different person with a different Heart a “Sound Heart”

Personal Reactions: I liked how Lev’s character was developed throughout the story. Lev’s main focus in the beginning of the book is to escape from his “kidnappers” and be tithed like his parents wanted, but he is so focused on obeying his parents that he doesn’t notice the people who he thinks kidnapped him are trying to save him from being unwound. As the story progresses it’s obvious Lev no longer feels the same way, this is shown on page 226 when Shusterman states, “Once he landed in the safe-house network, he quickly made it known that he was not a guy to be trifled with. He didn’t tell them he was a tithe.