He tries to liven the place up on his arrival by playing card games and playing basketball with his fellow inmates, but the head nurse is after him at every turn. McMurphy has been dating a 15 year old and is sentenced to short term for contributing delinquency of a minor. Rather than spend his time in jail, he convinces the guards he is crazy enough to need psychiatric care and is sent to a hospital. He fits in frighteningly well, and his different point of view actually begins to cause some of the patients
The book “About Prison” by Michael Santos explains different aspects about prisoner and warden. Some inmates are willing to change and educate themselves so they do not reoffend. Mr. Santos was one of those inmates that made these positive changes. He was a well raised child from a hard working family and he decided to pursue his life in a different way than his family expected. Santos knew that getting involved into cocaine distribution was a highly risky endeavor, but he still pursued the “easy” money.
George does not care about Lennie’s situation and he trust in him as Lennie trust in George. In chapter four, the George says, “A guy needs somebody-to be near him” shows that people need other people to be strong and take better decisions. No matter who is that person and how smart is he or she. George does not care about who Lennie is and he considered Lennie his friend, showing that intelligence is not everything. All Lennie actions show his innocence.
In the book ‘Anthem’ ,Prometheus, also known as ‘Equality 7-2521’, learns that his whole life and raising was a lie, and that there was a time before him where there was not a dictatorial government. Ayn Rand uses plurality in Anthem to convey conformity. Obedience, by definition, is an action of complying with current customs, rules, or styles. Since being an individual is basically eliminated in the city portrayed in Anthem, it’s government can easily force it’s collectivist ideals on all its citizens, who now comply to it. Singular and possessive pronoun use is avoided in this society to help hold the idea of self-uselessness.
To a majority of the audience this seems ‘alright’, but to a former cast member in the Truman Show that gets too close to Truman ends up creating riots and protests against the show’s actions. The cast members know that Truman is the only one that isn’t acting, yet they accept the pay check that allows them to keep living their real lives as they lie to Truman. An innocent man that did not ask to be taken in and filmed since the second he was born up until his adult hood. He was kept as a prisoner in the largest TV studio in the world, always ‘sheltered’ from the outside world. One of the interviews that the director is in during the show, eposes the unreal life of Truman.
"They were transforming him from an eager, confident naval officer with a ringing voice into an inert, though wary, zek. And only in that inertness lay the chance of surviving." Here he talks about his gang leader. Once in power as a naval officer, he is now silenced and made to obey higher ranked guards in the camp, only this was by obeying can he live. "A guard can't get people to budge even in working hours, but a squad leader can tell his men to get on with the job even during the break, and they'll do it.
Shawshank Redemption is a movie about prisoners finding solace, redemption, and freedom. The main character Andy Dufresne is put in Shawshank prison for supposedly murdering his wife and through acts of decency he is able to devise a way out of prison. Along the way he meets another prisoner, Red, who undergoes trials and tribulations to receive parole. Finally when he receives parole he finds it hard to adapt in the real world without the institution of prison and violates his parole to find Andy in Mexico where he is happily reunited with his friend. Through the characters effort to find freedom and solace they experience a lot of significant themes of existentialism.
Andy is sentenced to two life sentences to be served one after the other at Shawshank state prison, a fictional penitentiary in Maine. Once Andy arrives a the prison he meets, Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding, a convict who gets” things’ from the outside for a price and considers himself the “only’ guilty man at Shawshank. At first impression Red thinks Andy is soft and won’t last long inside the prison wall, however as time goes on his theory is proven wrong and two become close friends. When Andy first enter Shawshank, all the older inmates put out bets on which new prisoner is going to cry about not belonging there. Red of course bets on Andy but to his dismay, it was another newbie whose time was short lived.
Everyone had to get on with their everyday life, so there was no point in worrying about it. * People said that they would just have to accept the fact that thousands will die, but even more will be saved. Therefore there is no point in panicking. * There have been many different accounts written in people’s diaries saying that they did get together and that the blitz did help people. * You can’t compare the Dorchester with other people’s homes as it is strong purely because that was the way it was built in the first place.
The destructor I can’t believe this, a stranger enters my gang, well i should say “T´s” gang now and my friends prefer to pay attention to him instead of their leader for a long time. How can this happen, I can’t really understand it. Mike, Summers, all looking and listening to him, as if he was something big. It was amazing, how can someone like to have him as the leader of a gang… I can´t understand it. All the anger came to my mind, I couldn´t keep listening to him anymore, so I walked towards the back of the car park.