English LC - The Shawshank Redemption Theme or Issue: Freedom
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Insitutional abuse
Warden Norton (sees himself as a God like figure)… Hadley kills an inmate on 1st night and murders Tommy
Society turning a blind eye (ties in with abuse)
Contractors happy to let prisoners work for free
Slave labour
Prisoners not being paid for hard labour…Andy not being paid for his bookkeeping
Money laundering
Warden accepting bribes…uses prisoners as a work force
Suicide
Brooks takes his own life as he is own unable to cope outside of prison (institutionalised)
Religion
Warden uses the Bible as a tool to beat the men…
”salvation lies within” - Warden Norton says this to Andy can be seen as foreshadowing as Andy hides a key component to his escape in the Bible.
Norton does not practice what he preaches
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