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Who Is Red's Story Involved In A Different Prison?

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I strongly believe the story would have changed if it had occurred in a different setting because of the important factors, the courtyard, the library and Andy’s cell.

Firstly, the courtyard where Red does his special trading of contraband items was larger than any prison in England, as said in the book so it’s easy for him to trade due to there being enough room for him to deal and get out safely. If book were set in a different prison, Red probably would have the job he had at Shawshank, moreover Andy wouldn’t have approached Red for a Rock hammer, rock blankets and/or the countless pin-up queens posters.

Secondly, the library where Andy had worked and ran was originally a closet that storage the prison’s paint, until Andy proposed to turn it into a library, best prison library at that. If book were set in a different prison, there would probably already be a library in the prison so Andy wouldn’t have gone through the struggles and successes of creating Shawshank’s library. When Warden Norman threatened to turn the library back into the paint closet because Andy wanted a retrial due to new evidence of his case which is what the warden didn’t want to give it to him, Andy Without the library Andy would have lost motivation to go on. …show more content…

If book were set in a different prison, Andy wouldn’t have the same opportunity he had at Shawshank, as stated in the book by Red “it would have taken 600 years to break through the wall with the rock hammer” hence, Andy and Red staying in prison waiting for the chance of parole. However, in Andy’s case maybe resulting in a retrial and is

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