Henry Morgan

Released in 1994, The Shawshank Redemption is a crime and drama filled movie under the direction of Mr. Frank Darabont. The Shawshank Redemption is one of the best movies I have watched in my 19 years of life. This exceptional movie displays many life lessons throughout with multiple themes that give the movie more meaning. In the movie, you will see Andy Dufresne, Ellis Boyd Redding (or known as Red,) Boggs, Warden Norton, Brooks Halten, and Tommy as very important characters. This film possesses

Semester Paper: Food, Inc. “The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years, than in the previous 10,000.” - Michael Pollan, Food inc. This single statement paints a vivid picture in ones mind. Not only is the way we grow our food changing, but we are also changing our bodies. According to the documentary “Food, Inc” , in the 1950’s, it would take farmers about 68 days to fully grow a chicken. Now? It takes about 47 days to fully grow a chicken, and it is twice as big due to the fact that

An individual’s personality or persona is created through a combination of events a person would receive from society, and how the individual absorbs these events gives the bases for that individual to develop his\hers persona. In the novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King uses the character Andrew Dufresne to demonstrate the influence society has on the development of a person's persona or identity. When change of social environment occurs to an individual, it is natural reaction

Redemption is a theme that is shown throughout many stories including “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes and “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry. The protagonists in the stories both faced a conflict or made a bad decision and later had to redeem themselves. The mistakes made by the protagonist allows for a chance for redemption. In the case of these two short stories, their ability to redeem themself is a gift that not everyone gets. Both stories include the theme of redemption. Jimmy Valentine

In the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption,  Stephen King shows us that Andy Dufresne’s  identity was changed by the relationships made in Shawshank.     As soon as Andy comes to Shawshank he gets the attention of the sisters. The sisters see Andy as an easy target to rape, but Andy refuses to just let himself get raped so he fights  back leaving him with bruises. “[Andy’s]  lip was swelled up… his right eye was swollen half shut, and their was an ugly washboard scrape across one cheek”

The film I watched was called The Shawshank Redemption. The film is about a young Banker named Andy, who was wrongfully convicted. He was convicted of killing his wife and lover, sentenced and sent to Shawshank prison. He is very smart and makes one friend, Red who is another inmate. Andy is smart and overhears a guard talking about a financial situation he has. He convinced the guard to let Andy help him and in return he and his friends can some beers. This would slowly lead to a mutual and unspoken

An individual's relationship with landscape is determined by the impact of past experiences and environment. As a result of interactions between a landscape and evaluation upon the particular landscape, a relationship can both include enriching yet uneasy aspects. Frank Darabont’s film “Shawshank Redemption” explores peoples initial perception and thought as a response to their surroundings as a result of past experiences.However, these individuals are challenged to accept beneficial features of

Kyla Salvato The movie Shawshank Redemption clearly illustrates concepts from social psychology. The characters make judgements based on appearances and behave in ways due to their social roles. Andy Dufresne, the main character is sent to prison with two life sentences for the murder of his wife and her lover. Through Andy we see that things are not always as they seem. When Andy first arrives at Shawshank, he gets of the bus with a nice suit on and appears frightened and cold. The prisoners

This semester my research topic was Drew Barrymore. I wanted to explore the assets of Drew Barrymore’s life and whether or not she is an example of resilience. I came across this topic over the summer because my mom had read Little Girl Lost a while ago and was encouraging me to read the book as well. I couldn’t find the book over the summer, so I did some other research and found that Drew’s life really interested me. And with this research over the summer, I realized that Drew being a relatively

I believe it’s okay to be knocked down, just make sure you fight your way back up and rise stronger than before. I think in this world many people are ashamed to be knocked down, but it doesn’t matter if you get knocked down, it matters that you rise back up. There is a quote saying “It’s ok if you fall down and lose your spark. Just make sure that when you get back up, you rise as the whole damn fire”- Colette Werden. This quotes states that it’s okay if you get knocked down, but make sure that