In this week’s module, we looked at the comparison between Stephen King’s short story of Rita Hayworth Shawshank Redemption and Frank Darabont’s altered cinematic version. We are focusing in on how and why we believe theses changes were made. When analyzing the two forms, I noticed the major difference was mostly revolved around the characters. The first change I noticed was the character Brooks. In the short story, Brooks was a minor character, and the audience didn’t know exactly how he ended up dying once he was realized from prison. The only thing mentioned was when the King said, “I heard he died in a home for indigent old folks up Freeport way in 1953,” which made us believe he must of died from from a natural cause, such as old age.
