The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont shares many stories about the innocent and the guilty people in one prison. The prisoners try to entertain themselves with mind tricks to lure in new prisoners and bets that involve contraband that some of the guards know about. Escape is one of the main and most important themes of the movie it is shown in many different forms by many of the characters such as Brooks, Red and Andy Dufresne.
Escape is shown when Brooks is told that he is leaving the prison, Brooks does not accept this and threaten one of his friends with a knife just to keep his life sentence. Within this scene a close up is used showing both of their faces and the emotions that they are displaying. When Brooks is let out …show more content…
Red is finally approved to leave prison because he isn’t just telling the board what they want to hear about following god and the bible. Red was send a post card with only a destination on it from Dufresne when he was still in Shawshank. When red was let go he was sent to the same building as Brook’s, so when he left to find Dufresne he wrote ‘So was Red’ next to Brooks’ message. Red was given the same job as Brook’s but didn’t want the boring dull life. He sometimes thought about breaking his parole as he also wanted to be in Shawshank again, but he made a promise that he had to keep for Andy’s sake. As Red makes it to the big Oak tree there is a close up of the rocks as Red moves rocks to find what he was looking for, a box with a letter and money in it from Andy Dufresne saying, “Dear Red, if your reading this you’ve gotten out and if you’ve gotten this far maybe your willing to come a little further.” As he continues reading he decides to go find Andy and help him with his project that he decided to work on. Eventually Red finally finds Dufresne working on a boat. Red is independent and seem s to know how to persuade people and has many connections that he can trust.
The Shawshank Redemption is a film about escape and that throughout shows great meaning, there are many tricks and secrets within the film that are eventually
Escape is shown when Brooks is told that he is leaving the prison, Brooks does not accept this and threaten one of his friends with a knife just to keep his life sentence. Within this scene a close up is used showing both of their faces and the emotions that they are displaying. When Brooks is let out …show more content…
Red is finally approved to leave prison because he isn’t just telling the board what they want to hear about following god and the bible. Red was send a post card with only a destination on it from Dufresne when he was still in Shawshank. When red was let go he was sent to the same building as Brook’s, so when he left to find Dufresne he wrote ‘So was Red’ next to Brooks’ message. Red was given the same job as Brook’s but didn’t want the boring dull life. He sometimes thought about breaking his parole as he also wanted to be in Shawshank again, but he made a promise that he had to keep for Andy’s sake. As Red makes it to the big Oak tree there is a close up of the rocks as Red moves rocks to find what he was looking for, a box with a letter and money in it from Andy Dufresne saying, “Dear Red, if your reading this you’ve gotten out and if you’ve gotten this far maybe your willing to come a little further.” As he continues reading he decides to go find Andy and help him with his project that he decided to work on. Eventually Red finally finds Dufresne working on a boat. Red is independent and seem s to know how to persuade people and has many connections that he can trust.
The Shawshank Redemption is a film about escape and that throughout shows great meaning, there are many tricks and secrets within the film that are eventually