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The Shawshank Redemption

• a short story by Stephen King Rita Hayworth and
  the Shawshank Redemption, Different Seasons
• describing prison life in the 1940s, 50s and
  1960s

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The Shawshank Redemption

• Welcome
• To
• shawshank

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The Shawshank Redemption

• a short story by Stephen King Rita Hayworth and
  the Shawshank Redemption, Different Seasons
• describing prison life in the 1940s, 50s and
  1960s
• Andy Dufresne
• Red (narrator)
• Brooks
• Haywood
• Tommy Williams
• Warden Samuel Norton
• Captain of the Guards Byron Hadley

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The Shawshank Redemption

• Andy Dufresne
• Red
• Brooks
• Haywood
• Tommy Williams

• Warden Samuel Norton
• Captain of the Guards Byron Hadley

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Shawshank paper

• Select two scenes from the movie and connect them
  to Biblical scenes and include a quote from the
  Bible for each example
• Your 3rd paragraph should be a powerful
  conclusion about the Shawshank Redemption and its
  message!!
• Due next class or email me!!

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Andy Dufresne/Randall Stevens

• Christ Figure, represents the human and divine
  natures of Jesus,
• Andy was an innocent man living among the guilty,
  similar to Jesus associating with sinners. 
• God became human and one of us so that he could
  reach, preach, teach.
• teacher, understanding, uses reasoning to help
  his fellow prisoners by becoming one of them
• Suffered, was misunderstood, wrongly accused,
  beaten and tortured

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salvation

• Remember salvation lies within
• Within the Bible, Andy hides his rock hammer
• In the book of EXODUS
• The Grande Exit or the great escape of the
  Hebrews from slavery in Egypt with their powerful
  leader MOSES

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Red

• as John the Baptist, Red was the original leader
  of the prison but allows Andy to take over out of
  respect and admiration for Andy's intelligence
  and wisdom.
• Similar to John the Baptist Jn 330
• as Peter, Andy wants to give Red the tools to
  meet him and help him with his project.
• Similar to Jesus when he asks Peter to "follow
  me" Jn 21

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RED

• finally granted parole WHY??
• First and second times he said he was totally
  rehabilitated, claimed innocence
• He was denied parole 3X because he denied
  himself a chance to be free (FEAR holds you
  prisoner)
• When you do what youve always done youll get
  what youve always got!!!
• Now he admits guilt and regret

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The Characters

• Brooks as Judas
• MT 27 Judas commits suicide by hanging himself
  and giving up on hope and life which are so
  precious to Andy.
• Tommy Williams
• Martyr willing to testify to the truth and dies
  for it
• JBAP Announced andys innocence!!

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The Characters

• Warden Samuel Norton and Captain of the Guards
  Byron Hadley
• Religious Authorities and the Roman Government
  (Pontius Pilate) Mt 27
• They represent corruption and greed, and the
  abuse of power 
• Remember, greed is the root of all evil!!

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THE MESSAGE

• FEAR CAN HOLD YOU PRISONER
• ONLY HOPE CAN SET YOU FREE!!

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THE MOVIE QUOTES

• I believe in two things discipline and the
  Bible. Here you will receive both. Put your
  trust in the Lord, your ass belongs to me.
  Welcome to Shawshank.
• Bull queers take by force, it is all they do and
  all they know
• They are not homosexual you have to be human
  first AND they dont qualify

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THEBIBLICAL QUOTES

• MK 13 35
• Watch, therefore you do not know when the
  master of the house cometh,
• JN 8 12
• "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me
  will not walk in darkness, but will have the
  light of life."
• Remember. Salvation lies within
• Lord! It's a miracle! Man up and vanished like a
  fart in the wind

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Andys Quotes

• I am a rock hound
• Theres something inside that they cant touch
  its YOURSHOPE
• O Red I thought you had a little more FAITH in
  me than that!!
• On the outside I was an honest man I had to
  come to prison to become a crook
• I dont work with losers if we are going to do
  this, you need to give 100 nothing half assed
• motivation motivation motivation is what we
  need!!!
• Discipleship!!!!! Give a 100 nothing less

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Reds Quotes

• Only guilty man in Shawshank
• I have no idea what those 2 Italian ladies were
  singing about, but Id like to think it was so
  beautiful it cant be expressed in words and
  makes your heart ache because of it.
• Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a
  dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.
• Andy built a library he sure did!!!

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More of Reds Quotes

• He's just institutionalized...The man's been in
  here fifty years, Heywood, fifty years. This is
  all he knows. In here, he's an important man,
  he's an educated man. Outside he's nothin' - just
  a used-up con with arthritis in both hands.
  Probably couldn't get a library card if he
  tried...these walls are funny. First you hate
  'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time
  passes, it gets so you depend on 'em. That's
  'institutionalized'...They send you here for life
  and that's exactly what they take, the part that
  counts anyway.
• CRIME AND CONSEQUENCES

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And more RED

• I have no idea to this day what those two
  Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I
  don't want to know. Some things are best left
  unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about
  something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in
  words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I
  tell you, those voices soared higher and farther
  than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It
  was like some beautiful bird flapped into our
  drab little cage and made those walls dissolve
  away, and for the briefest of moments, every last
  man in Shawshank felt free.

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ANDY AND RED

• Andy Dufresne That's the beauty of music. They
  can't get that from you... Haven't you ever felt
  that way about music? Red I played a mean
  harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it
  though. Didn't make much sense in here. Andy
  Dufresne Here's where it makes the most sense.
  You need it so you don't forget. Red Forget?
  Andy Dufresne Forget that... there are places
  in this world that aren't made out of stone. That
  there's something inside... that they can't get
  to, that they can't touch. That's yours. Red
  What're you talking about? Andy Dufresne Hope.

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• RED Jesus, Andy. I couldn't hack it on the
  outside. Been in here too long. I'm an
  institutional man now. Like old Brooks was.
• ANDY You underestimate yourself. RED
  Bullshit. In here I'm the guy who can get it for
  you. Out there, all you need are Yellow Pages. I
  wouldn't know where to begin. Pacific Ocean?
  Hell. Like to scare me to death, somethin' that
  big.

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• ANDY Not me. I didn't shoot my wife and I
  didn't shoot her lover, and whatever mistakes I
  made I've paid for and then some. That hotel and
  that boat...I don't think it's too much to want.
  To look at the stars just after sunset. Touch
  the sand. Wade in the water. Feel free. RED
  Goddamn it, Andy, stop! Don't do that to
  yourself! Talking shitty pipedreams! Mexico's
  down there, and you're in here, and that's the
  way it is! ANDY You're right. It's down there,
  and I'm in here. I guess it comes down to a
  simple choice, really. Get busy living or get
  busy dying.

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ANDY AND RED

• Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the
  best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
• I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or
  hold a thought in my head. I think it's the
  excitement only a free man can feel, a free man
  at the start of a long journey whose conclusion
  is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the
  border. I hope to see my friend and shake his
  hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has
  been in my dreams. I hope.

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RED

• Not long after the warden deprived us of his
  company, I got a postcard in the mail. It was
  blank, but the postmark said Fort Hancock, Texas.
  Fort Hancock... right on the border. That's where
  Andy crossed. When I picture him heading south in
  his own car with the top down, it always makes me
  laugh. Andy Dufresne... who crawled through a
  river of shit and came out clean on the other
  side. Andy Dufresne... headed for the Pacific.

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ANDY AND RED

• Andy Dufresne Dear Red. If you're reading this,
  you've gotten out. And if you've come this far,
  maybe you're willing to come a little further.
  You remember the name of the town, don't you?
  Red Zihuatanejo. Andy Dufresne I could use a
  good man to help me get my project on wheels.
  I'll keep an eye out for you and the chessboard
  ready. Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe
  the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
  I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and
  finds you well. Your friend. Andy.

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The Symbolism of the Shawshank Redemption

• The mini posters
• the big poster
• the library
• the opera music
• The rope
• the rocks
• the sewage pipe
• the prison cell
• the storm and rain
• the fishing boat
• the reunion!! 

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The Symbolism of the Shawshank Redemption

• The mini posters serve as a distraction. For
  the big poster
• the big poster represents the dream, visualizing
  his freedom
• the library Old Testament and New Testament
  representing the old and new Covenants (MT is the
  BRIDGE)
• the opera music MT 5 The Sermon on the Mount the
  Beatitudes (THE MESSAGE OF HOPE TO THE HOPELESS)
• The rope the cross, does not end in death, jesus
  rises!!!
• the rocks Peter Mt 16
• the sewage pipe Mt 27 Jesus carrying the cross
  to the crucifixion
• The prison cell Mt 28 the empty tomb
• the storm and rain as Andy stands in the rain he
  outstretches his arms Baptism, new life MT3
• the fishing boat MT 4 calling of the first
  disciples, fishermen
• the reunion JN 21 Jesus and Peter reunite along
  the seashore!  Fishing anyone???

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The Connections to The Gospel of Matthew

• The Genealogy and Infancy Narratives
• Matthew traces Jesus' genealogy back to Abraham
  and David to show his Jewish audience how Jesus
  fulfills the prophecies of the Old Testament
• The Temptation Narrative
• (a) obeying the word of God(b) faith in God's
  power and promises(c) worship and service to God
• The Sermon on the Mount The Beatitudes
• The 10 Commandments (Moses on Mt Sinai)
• The Judgment of the Nations

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THE LESSONS LEARNED

• VIRTUES
• FAITH, HOPE, LOVE
• THE GIFT AND VALUE OF
• TRUE LOYAL FRIENDSHIP
• Andy continuously writes letters digs through a
  tunnel over years and accomplishes his goals
• Persistence pays off!!!