Hope is a good thing, and no good thing ever dies. The very big theme flowing through the entire story is the importance of hope. This book and the movie reminded me how important it is to have hope in life. This movie taught me that if you lose hope, you lose your life. I felt similar to Brooks, about being ‘institutionalized’. KMLA and Shawshank prison share some common characteristics. Both are isolated from the society, have some strict rules to follow, and somehow the place itself restricts people’s freedom.
Only someone who has hope can improve and progress in life. Just like Andy dug a hole inside his cell to keep his hope and to prepare for the future, I determined to focus on my goals.
Also, the detailed explanation of the setting of the story made the story seem real. After I finished reading the novel, I even felt that it might be a true story. The time setting of the story is around 1900s and the book shows many details of those days. Actresses who were really famous at the time appear in the novel. Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), the first actress in the poster, was an American film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars. When Andy escaped, the actress in the poster was Raquel Welch, who is an American actress who won a Golden Globe in 1974.
The movie was also very impressive as the book. The movie added some scenes that were not in the book. Among those scenes, I really loved the scene where Andy plays part of Mozart song inside the prison. For a while, nobody talks or moves inside prison. Everybody freezes and listens to the music. Although it is not shown why they did, I’m sure that they felt like a free men for a while.
Good little post. Some nice facts. But in the book wasn't it Linda Rondstadt who was the poster?
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