Classic lines from "The Shawshank Redemption":

1. Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free. (Cowardice imprisons the soul, hope can set you free.)

2. It takes a strong man to save himself, and a great man to save another. (The strong man saves himself, the saint saves others.)

3. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. (Hope is good, maybe the best in the world, and good things never die.)

4. I guess it comes down to a simple choice: get busy living or get busy dying. (Life can be boiled down to a simple choice: get busy living or get busy dying.)

5. You know some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. (You know, some birds are not destined to be caged, and each of their feathers shines with the brilliance of freedom.)

6. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, gets so you depend on them. That's institutionalized. (These walls are interesting. When you first go to jail, you hate the high walls around you; slowly, You get used to living in it; eventually you will find that you have to rely on it to survive. This is called institutionalization?) 7. Hope is the most beautiful of all things. The most beautiful things never fade.

8. Cowardice imprisons the soul, I hope it can make you feel free. The strong save themselves, the saint saves others.

9. Important things are often the hardest to talk about, because words will reduce their importance; it is not easy to make strangers care about the good things in your life.

10. Everyone is his own God. If you give up on yourself, who else will save you? Everyone is busy, some are busy living, some are busy dying. You are busy chasing fame and fortune, busy with daily necessities, stop and think for a second: Is your brain already institutionalized? Where is your God?

Extended information:

1. Film introduction

"The Shawshank Redemption" (The Shawshank Redemption) is directed by Frank Darabont and directed by Tim ·Robbins, Morgan Freeman and other starring roles.

The film is adapted from the novel of the same name included in Stephen King's "A Tale of Four Seasons". The theme of the film is "hope". The film uses prison as a forced deprivation of freedom and a high degree of freedom. The special background of discipline is emphasized to show the individual's fear of "the passage of time and the transformation of the environment". The ending of the film has a "The Count of Monte Cristo" style revenge and catharsis.

It was selected as the first among the 250 best films by more than 1.6 million members in IMDB. It was also selected into the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 films of the 20th century.

2. Introduction to the novel

"The Shawshank Redemption" is a novella by American writer Stephen King and his masterpiece. It is included in the novel collection "Stories of Four Seasons", with the subtitle "The Hope of Spring".

The work tells the story of banker Andy, who was brought to court as the murderer of his wife. The wife's infidelity, the lawyer's treachery, the judge's misjudgment, the prison guard's brutality, and the warden's greed and despicability pushed the thirty-year-old Andy from the peak of his life to the hell of the world.

A series of things that happened in prison forced Andy, who couldn't bear it, to finally escape from prison and regain his freedom on a night of thunder and lightning.

When the warden opened Andy's cell door the next day, he found that he had disappeared. The warden, who had a premonition of the end, committed suicide in fear of guilt before prosecutors received the incriminating evidence sent by Andy.

3. Author introduction

Stephen Edwin King (September 21, 1947-), American writer, has written scripts, column reviews, and Served as film director, producer and actor. Representative works include "The Shining", "The Shawshank Redemption", "The End of the World", "Dead Light", "The Green Mile", "Dark Night without Stars", etc.

Stephen King was born in 1947 in a poor family in Maine, USA. Studied English Literature at a state university. After graduation, due to the meager salary, I embarked on the path of writing. His reputation gradually grew in the mid-1970s. Since the 1980s and 1990s, he has created and published many best-selling novels, and his novels have also been adapted into film and television works.

Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia—The Shawshank Redemption movie

Baidu Encyclopedia—The Shawshank Redemption novel

Baidu Encyclopedia—Stephen Edwin King