Rita Hayworth and

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Rita Hayworth and

• Stephen King states that everything he writes
  comes from his nightmares. What aspects of the
  novella would fit this idea?

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• What is a novella?
• Who is the primary narrator of the story?

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Red Why do we forgive him?

• Why is Red in prison?
• Red is a cold blooded murderer. What makes us
  like Red enough to listen to his story about
  Andy?
• How old was Andy when he first came to Shawshank?
• Details / Description
  
• of Andy?

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Andy The Crime

• What evidence was used to convict Andy?
• -Identify 3 things
• Andys unemotional testimony
  created a _______ it or
  ________ it attitude.
• The jury met at __________ and
  returned with a verdict by 330.
  The only reason they
  took that long
  was because they wanted to enjoy ___________.
• Who is Jake?
• Extra Credit
• How many drinks does Andy take a year?
• In what state does the story take place?

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Controversy

• Portrayal of Justice
  System
• Use of racist terms
• Homosexuality and rape
• Language
• Violence

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Conflict Andy Vs Justice SystemPerson vs
Society

• Inciting Incident
• When do Andy and the antagonist
  both realize they will have trouble with each
  other?
• Conviction and imprisonment
• Why cant the antagonist be Norton?
• Doesnt appear through the majority of the
  novella. There are multiple Wardens not all of
  his troubles result from a single person.

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Crisis

• When could both Andy and the system have
  backed away?
• When he faces the attacks from the sisters
• Sisters are part of the system because the author
  says they exist in every prison and the prison
  punishes Andy for self-defense, as if he has no
  value or rights as a criminal.

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Catastrophe

• What is the last straw for both Andy and the
  system?
• When Andy finds out about Elwood Blatch and tells
  Norton, but Norton wont listen and Tommy betrays
  Andy for a easier sentence.
• At what point do they both realize that the other
  must be stopped and they wont stop until one or
  the other has lost?
• When Norton threatens to take away all privileges

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Climax

• The final battle- at what
  point do both Andy and
  the system realize that
  the result of this battle
  will stop the other person?

• When Andy escapes through the tunnel of
  poo
• Andy because . . .
• Hell escape and be free to stop the corruption
  in the prison OR. . .
• System because . . .
• They will capture him and he will never receive
  parole or Norton would kill him to avoid any
  release of incriminating information.

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Resolution

• What is the result of
  the final battle?
• Andy escapes to Mexico
  proved by the postcard that Red
  receives from McNary, Texas
• Who wins? Andy he is free from the system and
  its corruption
• Who loses? Norton and the System Corruption is
  stopped and Norton is forced to resign
• Why does it equal a win and a loss?
• System makes small change to stop some corruption
• Andy can hide out in Mexico and be free

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Denouement

• What remaining details do we still want answered
  and what are the answers to these questions? What
  happens to Red? Red is paroled, and despite his
  fears, he gets on a bus and heads to Mexico
• Why might someone argue
  that this story is really all
  about Red versus Andy?
• The story starts with Reds
  confession, is told from Reds
  point of view, and Red makes
  the largest character change
  in terms of his view of himself
  and life.

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Theme

• What is the overall idea that this novel reveals?
• Theme Topics Education, Justice, Courage,
  Freedom, Never Giving Up, Persistance,
  Rehabilitation, etc . . .
• Theme Statements
• Education can save your life.
• Freedom is a state of mind.
• Prison rehabilitation is too often just
  conditioning that fails to provide the prisoners
  with the means to survive in the real world.
• Sometimes you have to break the rules to do
  whats right.
• Hope is a dangerous thing.

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Important Symbols

• Rock Hammer
• Library
• Jake
• Letters
• Andys drinks

• Beer
• Chicken dinner
• Rocks
• Posters
• Tree/lock box

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Novella vs Film

• Novella
• Red white, red hair
• Boggs beaten Andy hires guard

• Film
• Red African American
• creates a positive role-model that breaks the
  hardened criminal image
• - accents negative prison stereotypes
• Boggs beaten by Hadley so badly hes paralyzed.
• Violence okay against bad guys.
• Homosexual backlash
• Andy appears more heroic
• - Hadley/antagonist more cruel and vicious

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MORENovella vs Film
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Novella vs. Film (yep, more!)
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(LAST, yippee!)Novella vs. Film Slide

• Film focuses more
  on a conflict of
• Andy vs. Norton
• rather than
• Andy vs System

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Scene Breakdown

• Andys arrival at prison
• Extreme long shot of prison
• immense partially framed by trees and roads
  leading to prison color grey all seem to
  create idea of
  institutionalization
• Tilt up front of prison accents the immense and

formidable impression of the prison Overhead
shot of prison prisoners Maze like image
small prisoners all look the same, no identity-
seen only from the back
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Film Scene 2 - Breakdown

• Brooks Suicide
• Long shot of Brooksie framed within curved
  doorway
• Close-up of hands and pocket knife
• Close-up of feet on chair
• Relective Imagery of him from the back
• Indirect Subjective Viewpoint
• Close-up of name being scratched into cement
• Zoom out from close-up of name to back view of
  Brooksie hanging from the bars.
• All create idea of no name or individuality he
  needs the bars and walls to succeed he is
  institutionalized.

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Film Symbols

• Jake
• Harmonica
• Opera Music
• Water
• Shoes
• Tommys GED Test
• Cigarette with Tommys death scene