Rhett said that hope is a dangerous thing and the root of mental pain. After 30 years in prison under heavy pressure, he is really qualified to say so. Because from the day he came in, the warden said, "Give your soul to God and your body to me." Nothing seems to grow in this dark wall except cigarettes and playing cards with naked women printed on them.

But Andy told him, "Remember, hope is a good thing-maybe even the best thing in the world. And good things will never disappear. "

So Andy was able to dig a tunnel in 20 years that Rhett thought could not be dug in 600 years. When he finally climbed out of the 500-yard foul-smelling sewage pipe and stood in the pouring rain, we seemed to see Faith pierce the darkness and make a dazzling thunderbolt in the dark night. In the light, our cowardly soul appeared in Andy's open arms, trembling.

In ordinary life, we seem to be used to step by step, to saying "that's impossible" first, to no miracle, to habit, to habit. But as "A Flying Goo Goo's Nest" said, "How do you know until you try?"

Try to keep some of your beliefs before they are gone. They may not come true in the end, or they may not make our lives more meaningful-even for myself, they will only bring me more nothingness. However, I know how much I need such hypocrisy and self-deception, because you can say that I am dreaming, but I will not be the only one.

As we have seen, the warden opened the Bible with Andy's chisel and hammer, and the page he turned to was Exodus. This chapter describes in detail the process of Jews fleeing Egypt.

[2] Freedom

I still don't understand what these two Italian women are singing. Actually, I don't want to understand either. Some things are better left unsaid. I think it is a kind of unspeakable beauty. But it hurts you.

The voice flew high into the clouds, surpassing the dream of any imprisoned prisoner, like a beautiful bird flying into this gray cage, making those walls disappear and making all prisoners in the prison feel free for a moment.

When Andy was desperate to play Le Nozze di Figaro on the prison loudspeaker, the camera slowly flashed past the prisoners and prison guards standing guard in the square. They moved people to stand still, put aside all anger, malice and resentment, and bathed in the sunshine that I have never felt so free. Mozart's music spread all over these people, and the wonderful notes from the secular world seemed to wash them all very pure.

The strong help themselves, and the saints help others. Only then did I understand Andy's intention. When repairing the roof, he won beer for everyone. In fact, he won the same comfortable feeling as repairing the roof himself, so he didn't drink, but smiled happily. Figaro's wedding was also to awaken their almost lost sense of freedom.

However, the strong are a minority after all. In the face of freedom, more people choose imprisonment. Brooks has been in the prison library for fifty years. In order not to be paroled, he tried to stay in prison by hurting his cellmate. Is that weird? Freedom, equality and fraternity should be the ideals that people yearn for and pursue. However, Brooks has long been bound by prison rules. They need rules and order. Without them, they can't even survive.

This kind of wall is a bit funny. First you hate them, then you get used to them. When enough time has passed, you will rely on them. That's institutionalized. In The False Red Mouth, Darabont points out humility.

Brooks gained the freedom of the body, but the soul was irrevocably institutionalized. He finally failed to get rid of the dilemma of not being able to adapt to freedom and hanged himself. And wise as red, he also sadly found that he had to report to the manager even when he was released from prison, otherwise a drops of urine could not be squeezed out. He also considered how to break the rules in order to return to prison, and even considered leaving like Brooks.

Get busy living or get busy dying. People in a hurry may occasionally stop and jump out to see what they look like. We will eventually know that those who are used to obeying the rules will pay a huge price to get used to the freedom that belongs to everyone.

[3], friendship

This movie has nothing to do with love except betrayal. There is only friendship between men in prison. The friendship between Rhett and Andy, under a high wall, seems purer and cleaner than our friendship in the complicated secular world. They are all introverts, but they know everything and agree with each other. I like this feeling. So when they finally met on the sunny beach of the Pacific island, they couldn't help laughing.

If I were in Shawshank, who would I be? If you were in Shawshank, who would you be? The Shawshank Redemption, essays for ten years.

-Excerpted from Douban. I hope this answer is helpful to you.