How Is Hope Shown In Shawshank Redemption

Light In A Dark Place The Film Shawshank Redemption directed and screenplay written by Frank Darabont. The two main actors of the film is Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding. The film begins as Andy Dufresne a banker was wrongfully convicted for the murder of his wife Linda Collins Dufresne and her lover Glenn Quintin. Prison wasn’t kind to Andy as “the sisters” were beating up and raping Andy, having to fight alone against them. Andy using his prior would use that as his advantage as he would help Captain Hadley with his inheritance and helping Warden Norton take money for the “in and out” program. Andy was the favorite and had special treatments as having his own cell and getting the library upgraded. Andy discovers that Tommy’s old cellmate Blatch was the real murder of Andy’s wife and her lover. Andy escapes prison digging through a wall, crawling through a pipe, and starting a new life in Mexico. The warren shoots himself dead and Red finally gets parole and joins Andy in Mexico.
It shows hope in several of characters in the film. For example Red was always denied parole when he finally open up in his parole hearing and was finally approved for parole. Once he left prison he realize that prison was all he know and couldn’t adapt, but Andy left Red hope in a letter. Tommy Williams was in and out of jails since he was 13, there wasn’t much hope to get an education and make a better life for him, his wife, and his new daughter. Andy taught Tommy to read, write, and solve math problems and giving Tommy the opportunity to pass his GED exam. Andy was beaten, ridicule, falsely accuse, wife cheated and murdered, and was thrown in solitary but with all that Andy still had hope that one day he would be out of prison and be a free