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    TX GOV M. Champion The quote that jumped out at me was number 13. This short sentence really does summarize today’s political mishaps of the delegates in office. Let me start by saying that anywhere you are in Texas or the country‚ for that matter‚ everyone has opinions about politics and what the government should or should not be doing. Do these individuals have any intelligence on the subject? Probably not as much as they think they do. But being a democracy‚ intelligence doesn’t matter

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    ‘Red’) who bond over a number of years‚ finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. A film dedicated to hope and the power of being able to accept the situation for now and regroup. One definition of redemption is “to make good‚ another to find salvation”. The character of Andy Dufresne does not need to follow this train of thought as we later discover him to be an innocent man. Shawshank Redemption surly follows the Latin motto carpe diem‚ roughly translated as “seize

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    whatever is just may be powerful‚ and whatever is powerful may be just” (Blaise Pascal). Power is an outstanding topic in this well crafted novella‚ Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption written by Stephen King. Andy Dufresene‚ a gentleman who carries himself well‚ was charged of a crime he did not commit. In Shawshank state penitentiary he faces challenges with the authority of the prison‚ Warden Samuel Norton. Warden Norton is more less a hypocritical man who has scams in operation even

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    Title: The Shawshank Redemption Director: Frank Darabont In the movie the character Andy Dufresne played by Tim Robbins is sent to Shawshank prison on a double life sentence for killing his wife and her lover. In the prison he befriends Red‚ played by Morgan Freeman. Andy spends out his sentence helping the guards with tax returns and such and eventually he is laundering the corrupt money in which the prison makes. He is blackmailed by the warden when he says he is out so he escapes through a

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    In ‘The Shawshank Redemption’‚ directed by Frank Darabont‚ Darabont uses the characters of Andy and Red to develop the message of the importance of hope. Through Andy we learn that if we have hope we can maintain dignity and strength of mind through even the toughest of circumstances. The character of Red shows us that if we lose our hope‚ we become imprisoned by fear‚ but his relationship with Andy is also developed to show that hope can be gifted to others. This message is truly relevant in our

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    classical music resounding in the Shawshank prison‚ Andy’s persistence in writing letters appealing for establishment of library in the prison‚ prisoners reading books and listening to music in their own library...the movie tells us that even the underpriviliged persons have the rights to enjoy freedom and deep in their soul‚ they have the instincts to pursuing beauty of life. however‚ there is also a tragical example about an old man who has stayed in Shawshank for 50 years and is so used to the

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    But in the movie The Shawshank Redemption‚ one of the most important lessons we learn is that persistence and perseverance are keys to success. The main character of the movie‚ Andy Dufresne‚ was an innocent man who was life imprisoned because of a wrongful conviction of murdering his wife and her lover. But he does not give up easily for his freedom‚ he is very patient and at the end he succeeds. Persistence and perseverance covers the psychological perspective in the Social Sciences because whatever

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    Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption Stephen King There’s a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America‚ I guess - I’m the guy who can get it for you. Tailor-made cigarettes‚ a bag of reefer‚ if you’re partial to that‚ a bottle of brandy to celebrate your son or daughter’s high school graduation‚ or almost anything else ... within reason‚ that is. It wasn’t always that way. I came to Shawshank when I was just twenty‚ and I am one of the few people in our happy little family

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    The Shawshank Redemption (1994)‚ directed by Frank Darabont‚ is a film about Andy Dufresne‚ a lawyer sentenced to life in prison for supposedly murdering his wife. The main theme of the film is that Andy survives the brutality and corruption of prison through his enduring hope. The director expresses the theme in two scenes from the film. The first sympathises the audience with Andy. The second is about Andy escaping. The film particularly appeals to viewers going through personal hardships like

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    The movie started with Red telling why they are in Shawshank Prison. Both Red and Andy are convicted of killing their wives. The only difference is that Red is guilty of the crime‚ while Andy is innocent. Red killed his wife by cutting the brakes of his wife’s car for insurance. On the other hand‚ Andy was convicted of killing his wife and her lover by shooting them in the middle of their eyes. Andy appeared guilty cause of evidences such as buying a gun on the same day of the murder with matching

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