Brooks Hatlen In Shawshank Prison

Brooks Hatlen is portrayed as an old man who is one of the prisoners from Shawshank prison although his crime was not revealed throughout the story the audience is able to identify that he has spent most of his life in prison. This is interpreted through the language used and the actions showed through each character. Brooks was the librarian of Shawshank prison and has been working for over 40 years. He is introduced to the movie when Andy Dufresne is new to prison and is currently having breakfast. There is a maggot found in Andy’s’ food, where then Brooks asks Andy if he going to eat it. Andy gets confused with the description Brook is giving to the maggot and assumes that he is going to eat it. It is later revealed that Brooks is feeding it to a small raven.
There is another scene played later in the cafeteria where, Brooks mentions his pet bird, Jake, saying “I’m gonna look after him ’til he’s big enough to fly,” the director then cuts to a shot of Andy, then a shot towards Red looking at Andy. In the two shots, it revealed that Red will care for Andy until he, until he, too, is big enough to leave the prison walls. As Andy is a “bird not meant to be caged.”
The movie demonstrates that Brook is an innocent old man, seems to be content with how his life is run, who minds his own business although his crime is not revealed to the audience. Brooks …show more content…
This can be demonstrated through when Andy is asked to clean up the office but when he sees an opportunity to play music, he does not hesitate. The audience then see the prisoners of Shawshank from a bird's eye view, this is another camera angle used to display the prisoners as small and insignificant. The camera angles used by the director allows the audience to judge the status of the characters and get an instant look into who is in control and who