69-106 Questions-2 - Answeres for questions for the book we had to read called Shawshanks Redemption PDF

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Naomi Hephzibah ENG 220L Professor Mercier December 22nd, 2020 Section Three King’s Shawshank Redemption 69-106 Study Set Questions 22) Why does Andy share his story about Zihuatanejo, Peter Stevens, and Buxton with Red? (74-78) Andy shares his story to give Red insight into his plans. When Andy was telling the story he “spoke with such calm assurance you would have thought he had only a month or so left to serve,” (King 74). His body language and demeanor while telling the story was foreshadowing what was going to happen. He shared his story with Red because he's the one he is closest to in the prison, and I believe he shared it with him specifically to give him hope. 23) What does Red’s dream represent? (79) Red’s dream represents his inability to acquire freedom. The “glassy black stone” represents the prison and the key underneath represents his freedom. In the dream Red is trying to lift up the stone so that he can get the key, but he is unable to. This represents how Red feels being locked in the prison. No matter what he does there is no way he can escape it. 24) Why does the narrator provide us with the history of jailbreaks at Shawshank? (79-82) The narrator tells the history of jailbreaks at Shawshank to show how slim the chances are at escaping. The narrator refers to cases where inmates escaped as “the prison version of the Irish sweepstakes,” (King 81). Prior to the narrator describing the jailbreaks history Andy had told the story about Zihuantanejo and his backup plan. The narrator wants to show how optimistic Andy is, which is why he compares prison escapes to the Irish Sweepstakes. 25) How does Norton react to Andy’s escape? (85-90) Norton is extremely angry when he finds out that Andy escaped. The narrator describes that Norton “was as hysterical as a woman having a hot-flash,”. He is filled with so much anger that his face even turns red. He yells at the other prison guards and gets so angry that he rips Andy’s poster off the wall which leads to him seeing the hole in the wall. He forces one of the prisons guards to go into the hole which leads to the guard throwing up after finding poop in there. 30) Why do you think Stephen King wrote this novella? What themes does the story present? I think that Stephen King wrote this novella to give insight into a different perspective of prison life. He uses Red as the narrator to show prison life from his point of view. In our society inmates are typically left forgotten and there is little insight into what inmates encounter in prison and how it affects them. The story centers around the theme of freedom and self-defeat. In the story Andy is portrayed as being very optimistic and determined, while the other inmates

such as Red have accepted their situations and come to live with it. Red explains that “he couldn’t hack it outside”, this portrays how the inmates have become so accustomed to the life in prison that adapting back into the regular world would be impossible for them (King 79). 31) Apply at least three of the "Glossary of Literary Terms by Ann Charters" (attached) to any aspects of the entire novel. Andy tells the story of his backup plan and Zihuatanejo to Red and tells him that he’d need someone like him at his hotel is an allegory. When Andy tells Red this, Red responds by telling him that he wouldn’t be able to make it outside. He tells Andy that he is an “institutional man” and would not be able to fit in the outside world (King78). This conversation between Andy and Red reveals insight into how prison breaks inmates. They are forced to become so accustomed to life behind bars, and these institutions do not prepare them to adapt back into the outside world. There were many antagonists within the novel, but the first antagonist were the Sisters. In the beginning of the novel the atmosphere of the prison was very threatening....