Tuesday, March 20, 2012

In Shawshank Redemption, how does Andy's character development express the idea of individualism in the story?

All of his actions in the movie are a progression of resistance.  Resistance to conformity, resistance to oppression, to injustice, to incarceration, to death itself.  His stone carvings, his rock hobby, his banking abilities, and in the end, his long term tunneling all indicate and reinforce the resistance I just mentioned.


As he turns into a library builder who annoys the state into funding it, he also helps other inmates work on their individualism.  I'd say it's a consistent theme throughout the story.

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