The Shawshank Redemption is the work that I have seen the most times. After watching the movie several times, I read the script. Every time, you will get some new insights and get some enlightenment from them. I read the script again recently, but I can still get some strength from it.

In The Shawshank Redemption, the author portrays all kinds of human beings: Boggs, a rapist who only cares about his own enjoyment and ignores the life and death of others, Brooks, an institutionalized honest man, Norton, a giant baby who is overprotected by his mother and can't adapt to a strange environment, and the warden who is enslaved by greed. ...

In fact, in this world, everyone is in a three-story cage, climbing and breaking through again and again.

The first floor is the surrounding environment, just like a high wall, which will make you stressed and unable to breathe; The second layer comes from others, and the lack and bondage of arrows of people around you (including relatives and friends) will make a person unable to stretch freely; The third cage, which is the most difficult to climb, is willing to be imprisoned by the first and second cages, give up hope, compromise to pressure and time, and really lose yourself.

Andy broke through the triple cage and finally embraced freedom.

On impulse, Andy found a.38 caliber pistol, drank some bourbon and took the gun to the house where his wife was having an affair with a man.

Despite the alcohol attack, the sad man chose to give up. However, the misfortune didn't stop there-his wife was killed, and the bullets and bottles he left outside the house made him sit in the dock. Andy was unjustly imprisoned and sent to Shawshank prison, a prison famous for its high walls.

In the face of two consecutive sudden blows, Andy ushered in his darkest moment. How can he atone?

First of all, he has not fallen into infinite self-pity, and he has no spare capacity to do so: in prison, survival comes first.

However, Shawshank is a place that can never be washed with clean water, which is dirtier than the outside world: there are prison guards who teach prisoners with batons from time to time, scum who crush you regardless of life and death to satisfy their animal desires, and numbness who turns a blind eye to the death of prisoners here ... selfish, indifferent and cruel, this is a jungle-like animal world.

In order to survive, Andy needs to devote all his energy to dealing with panic attacks in all directions.

Of course, there are Rhett who won't hurt people but won't be slaughtered, and Brooks who is completely institutionalized, but they can only protect themselves and can't help him much. ...

Are you going to spend the rest of your life in prison? Don't you fight?

Of course not. In the cage, some people will break out of their own world.

But from then on, his life can only depend on himself. Andy's self-help can be summed up in three points.

1. Keep your strength low-key.

The first night in prison was the hardest. Disacceptance of one's own situation, inadaptability to prison, and stinging pain covered with lice powder will make a person collapse. Andy, who looked weak, didn't make any noise.

In sharp contrast with him, the fat man, from the moment he stepped into Shawshank, fell into deep self-pity and could not bear his situation psychologically and physically. That night, he called his mother and cried loudly. The fat man's cry caught the attention of the prison guards, who beat him at will, so the fat man was killed alive.

The fat man became the first victim of the prisoners.

Andy is much more sober. He tried to keep a low profile and let prison staff at all levels relax their vigilance against him.

In prison, "he is like a mass of air".

Later, when the warden checked his room, he also hid his rebellion and dissatisfaction very well. The warden also greatly relaxed his defensive psychology.

Keeping a low profile and calm has basically relieved Andy's outermost threat, but there are always endless problems waiting for him in prison. If Andy takes it lightly, the danger will come back at any time.

Of course, Andy, who has been convicted, is not willing to be a silent lamb. One day, he will be amazing, as Rhett said:

"Some birds can't be caged, and every feather of them shines with freedom."

He found Rhett, bought a pickaxe and started a long escape journey, planning how to escape from this troubled place. At the same time, he also picked up his interest in boring days-studying stones. That stone later became his escape equipment, but I believe it was also a good friend who accompanied him through the dark days.

However, life is not peaceful, and another threat appears around him: the transformation of the "three sisters" is enough to put him in danger.

Next, how should he fight back during the long prison life?

2. Seize the opportunity to build allies

Andy spent a long time doing it.

Although, in the days of Shawshank, Andy saved himself mainly through his own efforts and tenacious will. However, for Andy, one more ally will lead to one less enemy, which is crucial to his success in The Shawshank Redemption.

In the struggle with the "three sisters", Andy always adds new injuries to the old ones, which makes Rhett know that Andy is not weak and he has principles, which wins Rhett's respect and they soon become friends. Being familiar with banks and taxes, Andy promised to handle the duty-free business for Hadley, the prison guard, on the condition that three bottles of beer were provided for each of the workmates, which made Andy gain more friendship from his cellmates. He also made it easier for his friends to work by handling tax-free business for more prison guards. ...

For people around him, Andy is not only a reliable friend, because his usefulness makes him an indispensable member of the prison.

Handling tax exemption not only allows Andy to gain allies, but also allows prison guards and high-level officials to protect him because of his usefulness, although their original intention is for the benefit.

Therefore, when Boggs in the "Three Sisters" did not make a correct judgment on this and tried to invade him, the accident fell on his head without any surprise. Boggs was beaten half to death by Hadley and had to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair after being seriously injured.

In this way, Andy borrowed someone else's hand and solved the "three sisters" who had been bothering him for a long time.

At this point, it seems that the biggest threat around Andy has been lifted, but it is not. The invasion of the "three sisters" is something Andy can guard against at any time. However, the infiltration of people around him has become a greater danger: for example, the institutionalization of Lao Bu, Rhett's gradual despair, and Andy's situation in prison has gradually changed. These will quietly change a person's spirit.

Will Andy waver next?

3. Keep hope and concentrate on paving the way?

Handling duty-free business for prison guards enables Andy's professional skills to be brought into play in prison. Because of his excellent financial management ability, in the end, the warden Norton targeted him and asked Andy to help him launder money.

The warden is not an ordinary person. If Andy doesn't have the ability and determination to deal with his extreme measures. Then in the process of fighting with the warden, it is very likely that he is his accomplice.

Warden Norton borrowed the Bible to check on him several times. Andy not only proved his ability, but also concealed his ambition.

He has always maintained a principle: not to expose himself at the wrong time. Moreover, I always keep awake and hope in my heart.

Rhett reminded him:

"Hope is a dangerous thing, enough to make people crazy. There is no room for hope here. "

However, it is more dangerous for Andy to pin his hopes on others. He didn't kill anyone, even if there was a mistake in his relationship with his wife, all the mistakes were redeemed within 19 years.

"I want to see the stars, touch the sand and take a walk in the sea. I want the feeling of freedom. "

Because of his yearning for freedom, he left evidence of Norton's money laundering and made economic arrangements for his life after prison break.

Andy had been in Shawshank for 19 years when young Tommy came to Shawshank to tell him that his wife had been killed. Once again, he raised a glimmer of hope by taking the normal path, but it was this glimmer of hope that killed Tommy. This inspired Andy's determination to escape, and he gave up Shawshank completely. At the same time, he completely gave up the idea of pinning his hopes on others. He planned the last step and the most thrilling escape.

The final outcome is also climax after climax. Andy managed to escape from prison and regain his freedom.

While saving himself, Andy is also crossing people. Andy gave Rhett a harmonica on the 30th anniversary of his arrival in Shawshank Prison. For Rhett, this is a harmonica, but also a passion and hope for the future.

Andy helps Rhett rekindle hope and plant new hope for his later life.

Even in purgatory, Andy still cultivated a world. After successfully escaping from prison, Andy did these three things:

First, be hopeful and keep a low profile.

Second, build allies and be useful.

Third, keep yourself and focus on moving forward.

These three points are the way for Andy to escape from prison successfully, and they are also the inspiration for everyone who walks in this world.

The world is sometimes like a high-walled prison. Everyone has to face all kinds of dangers that they have never encountered before. As long as you keep a hope and cut through thorns, everything may become the strength of your growth.

This is one of the reasons why we like the movie The Shawshank Redemption. Although it is a movie, the audience gets more than just a story. This story also gives you a hope that people will believe that it is you who wrote the script of life, not others.