Hopes and Dreams

The wife of banker Andy and her lover were killed. The court finally found the innocent Andy guilty of murder and sentenced him to two life sentences, which means He will spend his life in prison. He was sent to a prison called "Shawshank". He looks weak and quiet, and is taciturn, but he challenges the "institutionalization" in his own unique way. Not only that, he also manages to vindicate his unjust case and at the same time embarks on a prison escape. Everything he did showed that he wanted to maintain a normal and healthy personality and maintain freedom of mind in an abnormal environment.

Andy, whom Rhett initially bet on, looked weak at first glance and felt like he was blown away. The first two years of prison life were quite painful, and Andy had to endure all kinds of harassment and oppression. After slowly adapting to the environment, he helped the prison guards evade taxes reasonably and obtained a bottle of beer for each of his partners. Everyone began to feel that Andy was a little different. They were sitting on the roof drinking beer at ten in the morning, with the sun shining on their shoulders, feeling like free people.

At the same time, Andy used his talents to help the prison guard's son apply for scholarships and helped half of the prison police pay taxes. Andy wrote 2 letters a week and applied for prison library funding in only 6 years. His perseverance is worth learning from all the impetuous people today.

Andy used a loudspeaker to play opera, and the sound was so beautiful that it was heartbreaking. That moment made everyone in prison feel free. The warden imprisoned him for two weeks. After he was released, he told his fellow inmates that Mozart's music was in his heart and no one could take it away.

Andy never accepted his fate in prison and was always busy with hope. He said, "Don't forget that there is something in this world that can penetrate all high walls. It is deep in our hearts. There, they can't reach it, they can't touch it, and that's hope." For the first time, Red reminded Andy that hope is a scary thing, it's crazy, but it doesn't work here. Helping others realize their dreams is a very happy thing. Andy transformed a rosin-filled storage room into the finest prison library in New England, filled with opera. Help Tom get a high school diploma, starting with literacy. Tom's growth makes him feel happy. I can't help but think of Professor Randy, who suffered from pancreatic cancer in Kai-Fu Lee's autobiography "The World Is Different Because of You". Before his death, he gave a speech that was popular across the United States. In it, he talked about the truly great goal: to help others realize their dreams and to be a person who helps others realize their dreams.

Rhett believed that it would take 600 years to dig the same tunnel with a hand hammer, but Andy did it in less than 20 years. With a longing for freedom, Andy escaped from prison late at night and crawled through a smelly water pipe as big as 500 football fields, finally leading to the light.

"Some birds can never be caged, because every one of their wings is stained with the glory of freedom! (Some?birds?aren't?meant?to?be?caged, ?that's?all.?Their?feathers?are?just?too?bright.) Rhett said. He was really moved by his friend Andy's perseverance.

Institutionalization and freedom

Old Boo has been in Shawshank Prison for 50 years and is a completely institutionalized person. When Haywood just told him the news of being paroled, he was emotional and angry and wanted to kill Haywood, just as Red said. These walls are interesting, you hate them at first, but when you get used to them, you can't live without them." After Lao Bu was released from prison, he couldn't adapt to the outside world. He woke up in fear every night, thinking in his heart that he should Go to rob, and then send him home. Finally, in panic and anxiety, he hangs himself, leaving only "Old Boo here for a visit".

After leaving prison, Red worked in a grocery store and wanted to go to school. He always asks for permission when going to the bathroom. He has had to ask for permission to urinate for forty years and now he can't pee without asking. It's hard to face the reality. Like Lao Bu, he is thinking about how to violate the parole regulations and go back to prison.

< p> When Andy asked Red if he wanted to go out, open a small hotel on the beach in San Hatano, buy an old boat and renovate it, and live a free life, Red replied that the life outside might not be suitable for him. He has been a part of this place for most of his life. Rhett advised him not to think about it. It was just a dream. Mexico was far away.

Rhett had a hard time adapting to life after prison, but he didn't. Like Old Boo, he stuck to the promise he made to Andy, so he began to change and found a letter left for him by Andy under the stone on the farm: "Remember, Red, hope is a good thing. It is the best thing in the world and good things never die. "So a free man began a long journey, with an unknown ending.

The last two free men met on the Pacific coast of Mexico. The moment they looked at each other and smiled, there was really a sense of The feeling of breaking through the shackles of darkness and finally ushering in the light of freedom is just like the classic line in the movie "I hope the water in the Pacific is as blue as in my dreams"

Looking back on the whole book, I was impressed by Andy. He was attracted by his talent and wisdom, and even more impressed by his courage to pursue freedom and dreams without giving in to fate. It reminded me of Judy Rabbit in "Zootopia" when everyone around her was not optimistic about her becoming a police officer. , she tries everything for her inner dream, abandoning everyone's concepts and thinking patterns. Although the process is very difficult, as long as she never stops moving forward, she can get closer and closer to becoming what she likes.

Finally, I will summarize with my favorite quote from Gang Leader Qiao. The most important thing is to have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Your heart and intuition already know to some extent what kind of person you really want to be. Anything else is secondary.