1. Some birds can never be caged, because every feather of theirs is stained with the brilliance of freedom!

2. Either be busy living or be busy Death, people have only two choices.

3. In a quiet place, a person can hear his inner thoughts.

4. These walls are interesting. When you first go to prison, you hate the walls around you; slowly, you get used to living within them; eventually you find that you have to rely on them to survive. This is called institutionalization.

5. The strong save themselves, the saint saves others.

6. 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.

7. 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?

8. Because for people like us, we know that there is a third choice between transcendence and sainthood and committing all evil. This is a path that all mature adults will choose. Therefore, you will seek a balance between gains and losses, choose the lesser of two evils, and try your best to put good intentions in front of you.

9. The story itself is the protagonist, not the storyteller.

10. If the heart is a cage, there are cages everywhere. Freedom is not outside, but inside.

11. There is a kind of bird that can never be locked up, because every one of their feathers shines with the light of freedom.

12. Some birds are destined to be unable to be trapped because their feathers are so dazzling!

13. The high walls in the prison are really interesting. When you first go to prison, you hate the walls around you; slowly, you get used to living within them; eventually you find that you have to rely on them to survive. This is institutionalization.

14. Life can be boiled down to a simple choice: either rush to survive or rush to die.

15. A diploma may not make a person successful, just as prison life may not bring down everyone.

16. Fear makes you a prisoner, hope makes you free.

17. Some birds are born to be unable to be caged. Their feathers are too bright, their songs are too sweet and too wild, so you can only let them go, otherwise you will open the cage and feed them someday. When they come, they will also find ways to fly away.

18. The high walls in the prison are really interesting. When you first go to prison, you hate the walls around you; slowly, you get used to living within them; eventually you find that you have to rely on them to survive. This is institutionalization.

19. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best. Good things will never die.

20. When I look back on the past, I want to communicate with the little idiot who committed a serious crime and let him understand, but I can’t. The boy has long since disappeared, leaving only me as an old man. body.

21. Hope is beautiful, perhaps the best thing in the world, and good things never fade away.

22. Listen to me, friend, hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive people crazy.

23. There is a third choice between becoming a saint and doing all kinds of evil. This is the path that all mature adults will choose. Choose the lesser of two evils, and do your best to keep good intentions in front of you.

24. In an instant, everything in the past leaves you, and all that remains are memories.

25. Some birds cannot be contained because their wings are too dazzling.

26. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

27. Remember, hope is a good thing - maybe even the best thing in the world. And good things never disappear.

28. I have to remind myself that some birds cannot be kept in cages. Their feathers are so beautiful that when they fly away... you will feel that it is unfair to keep them in cages. Sinful, though, you feel lonely without them.

29. It is an inner thing. What they cannot reach or touch is yours.

30. 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 who are busy chasing fame and fortune, busy with daily necessities, stop and think for a second: Where is your God? Cowardice imprisons the soul, I hope it can make you feel free. The strong save themselves, the saint saves others.

31. To this day, I still don’t know what those two Italian girls were singing. In fact, I don’t want to know either. Some things are better left unsaid. I thought they were singing some very beautiful and moving stories, too beautiful to express in words, so beautiful that it makes your heart ache. Let me tell you, these sounds soar into the sky and fly farther than anyone dares to dream. Like some beautiful bird fluttering its wings into our brown cage, making those walls disappear without a trace. At that moment, everyone in Shark Castle Prison felt free.

32. Give your mind to God and give your body to me.

33. I find myself so excited that I can't sit still or think. I think only those who have regained their freedom and are about to embark on a new journey can feel the excitement of unveiling the mystery of the future. I hope to cross the border and shake hands with my friends. I hope the waters of the Pacific Ocean are as blue as in my dreams. I hope that life can be boiled down to a simple choice: live and die.

34. Don’t forget that the thing in this world that penetrates all high walls is deep in our hearts. They cannot reach it or touch it, and that is hope.

35. When you live in a pressure cooker, you have to learn how to survive and learn to let others live, otherwise someone will cut a hole in your throat. You have to learn to be considerate.

36. You know, some birds are not destined to be locked in a cage. Every feather of theirs shines with the brilliance of freedom.

37. Maybe one day you muster up the courage to tell everything in your heart, but you will only end up making other people laugh, because they have no idea what you are talking about, and they don’t know why you think things are so bad. It's important, I almost cried as I spoke. I think the worst thing in the world is to be filled with worries and secrets, but not because no one can tell them, but because no one can understand them!

38. A person’s value should not be measured by his worst day.

39. I hope I can cross the border. I hope the Pacific Ocean is as blue as my dream. I hope I can see my friend again and shake hands with him. I hope.

40. And, Andy, if you really go to the south, please look at the stars for me after the sun goes down, touch the sand, play in the water, and feel the feeling of complete freedom.

41. I still like good stories, I love listening to good stories, and I also love telling good stories. You may or may not know (or care) that I make a ton of money publishing this and the following two books. If you care, you should also know that I didn't get paid a cent for "writing." Like anything spontaneous, writing itself is beyond money. Of course money is good, but when creating, you'd better not think too much about money. This kind of thinking will only make the creative process constipated.

42. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best thing. Good things will not die easily.

43. I have to remind myself that some birds cannot be kept in cages, their feathers are too beautiful.

44. Fear binds your soul, hope frees your soul.

45. "Hope" is a good thing, perhaps the best thing in the world. Good things will never disappear.

46. I hope the Pacific Ocean is as blue as the one I saw in my dream.

47. We sit in the sun and feel like free people. I seem to be repairing the roof of my own house. We are the Creator. And Andy - he squatted in the shadows during this interval, a strange smile on his face, watching us drink his beer.

48. Cowardice imprisons the soul, I hope to set you free.

49. Use one hand to wash away the sins of the other hand.

50. This is what it means. You need it as if you don't forget it. Forget that there are still places in the world that are not fenced with stones. Forget that there is something inside you that is your own, something they cannot touch.

51. They will spare your life, but they will take away the most important thing in your life.

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

53. When the sun shines into your head, you feel like a free person.

54. Fear makes you a prisoner, hope makes you free.

55. You know, some birds are not destined to be locked in a cage. Every feather of theirs shines with the brilliance of freedom.

56. A strong person can only save himself, and a great person can save others.

57. I find myself so excited that I can't sit still or think. I think only those who have regained their freedom and are about to embark on a new journey can feel the excitement of unveiling the mystery of the future. I hope to cross the border and shake hands with my friends. I hope the water in the Pacific Ocean is as blue as in my dreams. I hope.

58. It is dangerous to have hope. Hope can drive people crazy. Hope is useless. You'd better accept your fate.

59. Maybe one day, I will understand its meaning, but that is in the future... and prisoners in prison have long learned not to think too much about the future.

60. I have to tell myself often that some birds cannot be contained. Their feathers are so bright. When they fly away, you'll be cheered up by knowing deep down that it was a sin to lock them up. But once they're gone, the place you live in becomes darker and emptier. I feel like I really miss my friends.

61. Hope is the most beautiful possession of human beings. As long as you don’t give up, hope will always be with you.

62. The system is a very strange thing. At first, people resist it, then gradually get used to it, and in the end, they cannot do without it.

63. Cowardice imprisons the soul, I hope to set you free.

64. Among all things, hope is the most beautiful; the most beautiful things never fade.

65. Cowardice imprisons the soul, hoping to feel free. The strong save themselves, the saint saves others.

66. Some birds are born to be unable to be caged. Their feathers are too bright, their songs are too sweet and too wild, so you can only let them go, otherwise you will open the cage and feed them someday. Sometimes, they will also find ways to fly away. You know it's wrong to shut them up, so you'll be happy for them, but then the place you live in will still look dimmer and emptier without them.

67. Give your faith to God and your life to me.

68. Either rush to survive or rush to die! People always have to do something...

69. Life can be boiled down to a simple choice: either be busy with real life, or walk towards death step by step.

70. You would say that he did this to please the guards. Or maybe it's to have a good relationship with us. And I think he just wants to experience what it feels like to be a normal person again, even if it's just for a short moment.

71. Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best thing, and no good thing ever disappears!

72. Everyone is his own God. If you give up on yourself, who else will save you? The strong save themselves, the saint saves others.

73. Hope is a beautiful thing, maybe the best thing, and beautiful things never fade away.

74. Some birds cannot be imprisoned after all, because their wings are too brilliant. When they fly away, you will sincerely congratulate them on their freedom; but the helplessness is: you have to continue Living in this boring place.

75. I look back at the past, that little fool who committed a serious crime. I really want to talk to him, tell him the principles of life, and tell him what is right and wrong. But I couldn't do it. The child disappeared, leaving me alone as an old man.

76. A strong person can only save himself, and a great person can save others.

77. At first you hate it (prison), then you gradually get used to it, and after enough time you start to rely on it. This is institutionalization.

78. Life can be boiled down to a simple choice: either rush to survive or rush to die.

79. There are only two things in life, busy living and busy dying.

80. There are only two things in this life. Either get busy living or get busy dying.

81. The sun shines on my shoulders, like a free man.

82. He prepared for the worst, because he knew that as long as he was prepared for the worst outcome, it would be okay to have optimistic expectations.

83. Life can be boiled down to a simple choice: either get busy living or get busy dying.

84. People live for freedom. 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 who are busy chasing fame and fortune, busy with tea, rice, oil and salt, stop and think for a second: Is your brain already institutionalized? Where is your God? Cowardice imprisons people's souls, I hope it can make you feel free, the strong save themselves, and the saints save others.

85. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best thing in the world. Good things never go away.

86. In this world, there are some things that cannot be carved with stone. There is a place in our hearts that cannot be locked, and that place is called hope.

87. Hope is beautiful, perhaps the best thing in the world, and good things never fade away.

88. Either rush to survive or rush to die.

89. Busy living, or busy dying, this makes sense.

90. I think I have only one choice: either get busy surviving or get busy dying.

91. I hope that the water of the Pacific Ocean is as blue as in my dream.

92. I think only a free man can feel this excitement. A free man embarks on a long journey towards an uncertain future.

93. Some birds are destined not to be locked in a cage, because every feather of theirs shines with the brilliance of freedom.

94. Life can be boiled down to a simple choice: either be busy with real life, or walk towards death step by step. Whatever makes you sad, one day you will say it with a smile.

"The Shawshank Redemption" plot introduction/introduction

"The Shawshank Redemption" premiered on September 1, 1994, adapted from Stephen King's "Different Seasons" "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" included in Seasons). It is said that as soon as the English version of the book was released, it topped the New York Times bestseller list and sold two times in the United States that year. One hundred and eighty thousand volumes. The film "The Shawshank Redemption" broke through the limitations of genre films among prison-themed films and captured a sense of humanity and warmth that is rare in similar films. As a result, it became a dark horse hit when it was released.

The story takes place in 1947. Banker Andy was accused of shooting his wife and her lover. Andy was sentenced to life imprisonment, which meant that he would spend the rest of his life in Seanke Prison.

Reed was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in 1927, and was paroled several times without success.

He became the "authority figure" in Schonker's prison, and he had a way of getting almost anything you wanted as long as you could pay: cigarettes, candy, alcohol, even marijuana. Whenever a new prisoner arrived, everyone would bet on who would cry on the first night. Rhett thought Andy, who was weak and bookish, would cry. As a result, Andy's silence cost him two packs of cigarettes. But it also made Rhett look at him differently.

For a long time, Andy did not have contact with anyone. While everyone complained, he took a leisurely walk in the yard, just like in the park. A month later, the first thing Andy asked Red to help him was a small pickaxe. His explanation was that he wanted to carve some small things to kill time, and said that he would find a way to escape from prison. routine inspection. Soon, Rhett was playing chess that Andy carved. Afterwards, Andy made a huge poster of Rita Hayworth and posted it on the wall of the cell.

Once, Andy and several other prisoners went out to work, and he overheard the prison officer talking about tax collection. Andy said he had a way to make the prison officer legally exempt from this large amount of tax. In exchange, he won two bottles of Tiger beer for each of a dozen prisoner friends. Over a beer, Red said he felt free again for the first time in years.

As Andy was proficient in financial system knowledge, he soon got rid of the heavy manual labor in prison and the harassment of other perverted prisoners. Soon, the famous Andy began to handle tax issues for more and more prison guards, and even their children came to him for advice on their education. At the same time, Andy has gradually become an important tool for money laundering by Warden Warden, Shawnk. Because Andy kept writing to the governor, he finally applied for a small amount of money for the prison to build a prison library. Prison life is very ordinary, and you always have to find something to do. Andy heard that Red liked to play the harmonica, so he bought one for him. In the dead of night, the melodious and gentle sound of the harmonica can be heard echoing in the prison.

The arrival of a young prisoner broke Andy's peaceful prison life: this prisoner had heard about Andy's case before when he served in another prison, and he knew who the real murderer was! But when Andy asked the warden to reopen the case, he was rejected and was severely punished by two months of solitary confinement. In order to prevent Andy from being released, the warden planned to kill the insider!

Facing the cruel reality, Andy became very depressed. One day, he said to Rhett: "If one day, you can be paroled, you must go somewhere to fulfill a wish for me. That was the place where I first dated my wife, under a big oak tree there. Dig it out of a box. You will know what it is by then." That night, it was stormy and thunderous, and Andy, whose soul had been saved, successfully escaped from prison.

It turns out that Andy has been digging holes with that little pickaxe every day for twenty years, and then covering the hole with posters. After Andy was released from prison, he took away some of the black money saved by the warden and exposed the truth about the warden's corruption and bribery. What the warden saw in the safe where he kept his small ledger was a Bible left by Andy. Inside the hollowed out part was a pickaxe that was almost rounded.

Red was released, he found a box of cash under the oak tree, and the two old friends finally reunited on the sunny coast of Mexico.