It became every prisoner for himself. At the beginning of the video I believed that the prisoner would band together against the guards. When I continue watching the story became different. The prisoners punished other prisoners who did not conform to the wishes of the guards. For example, prisoner “819”came in as an alternate.
Edward Britton and Izod Wolfe are punished throughout the book showing the reader how edward is treated differently from Izod because of his background. Edward is treated better or less harshly but is despised by some of the guards and other boys at the prison, "It was because of this that certain guards - and some boys - thought that Britton was favoured, even uppity, and needed bringing down." (page. 75) by the guards like Hecht and Buckridge Both treated Edward Britton badly and wanted him gone for good, rotting in Port Arthur the prison for adults. while Edward is able to get along with some people like Mr. Patterson the surgeon.
Similarly to Tom Brennan, this leads him to face immense psychological barriers such as schizophrenia, fear and antisocialism, which accordingly breeds his hatred and hinders his transition to adapt to his new world. The high angle shot belittles him within his dark prison cell, and the panorama shot of the penitentiary evokes his immense suffering and the loss of his sense of identity. Additionally, the nondiegetic crescendo of adrenaline-inducing instrumentals creates a chaotic atmosphere which effectively exudes the inner agonies of a broken man who is left with nothing. In such ways, the initial stages of the film evince the protagonist’s unwillingness to accept his new world and conveys his refusal to seek companionship. Comparably to The story of Tom Brennan whereby the protagonist fails to adapt to his new paradigm due to immense social and emotional barriers, Norman Jewison’s biographical film The Hurricane demonstrates that coming in terms with inner fear and anxiety allows one to overcome the emotional barriers and enter into a new world that affords a greater self.
It goes from “civilized” to “uncivilized.” These different words show how different aspects of human nature compare. Joseph knew humans had some inevitably bad characteristics, but what he had seen was much more than just anger. He witnessed major cases of abuse. The cutting off of limbs, soldiers raping the women being held hostage, people dying from disease, starvation taking over, all of this was eye-insulting. Conrad had never seen so much barbarity before.
Red gives us a detailed analysis of Andy’s trial and how despite his innocence, he just looks really, really guilty. His cold, disciplined personality doesn’t help either, and only further convinces the jury that he’s a scary killer. Andy Dufresne and Red have many differences and similarities, which makes them interesting. In this short story, Red and Andy Dufresne have many different characteristics but I will be talking about three specific ones. The three characteristics, are hope and full of despair, freedom and afraid of the concept of freedom and Brave and coward.
In Frank Darabonts film "The Shawshank Redemption", the theme of hope and hopelessness is presented in many different styles and is what drives the film. This theme is represented through many of the films characters and the events that occur throughout the film. Andy Dufresne, the films protagonist, battles many moments of hopelessness but ultimately provails by holding onto a sense of hope, although some characters such as Brooks Hatlin when faced with challenges, finally succumb to hopelessness. Ellis Redding is a character that at the begginning is shown to be someone that detests hope, but finally welcomes hope into his life. Andy Dufresne, the main character of the film is often faced with very challenging physical, emotional and pshycological obstacles but the way he deals with these problems is by clinging on to hope at all costs.
In the prison drama, 'The Shawshank Redemption' directed by Frank Darabont, there were many important visual symbols which helped develop various ideas in the film. The posters were an important symbol which helped develop the ideas of freedom and secrets relating to Andy. Andy hides one of his deepest secrets behind a poster in his cell; a tunnel which eventually leads him to freedom into the world outside of Shawshank. Another important visual was the bible as it helped develop the ideas of hope and religion mainly between Andy and the Warden of Shawshank prison. The visual symbol of the harmonica symbolises the ideas of the hope and freedom the main character- Andy had in music.
As if physical pain was not enough, Dr. Frankl relates to the readers how he and fellow prisoners suffered even more because of “the mental agony caused by the injustice, the unreasonableness of it all” (Frankl). Dr. Frankl states, “The most painful part of beatings is the insult which they imply” (Frankl). Another dehumanizing process
He begins the story by stating, “…I was hated by large numbers of people – the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me”. (Orwell 1936) With this assertion, he expresses his personal knowledge of the events that are about to unfold and immediately has the reader asking why the Burmese hated him. Using analogies and direct quotes, Orwell tells us that imperialism is an “evil thing” and he conveys his dislike toward the Empire for its mistreatment of the Burmese. With detailed imagery, he gains the readers sympathy for the Burmese when he writes, “The wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages of lock-up, the grey, cowed faces of the long-term convicts, the scarred buttocks of the men who have been flogged with bamboos”. (Orwell1936) At the same time however, he also voices his resentment toward the Burmese, “the evil-spirited little beast”, (Orwell 1936) for their
Their sarcastic remarks to the powerless victim are evocative of the sarcasm Alex and his gang used on the victims that they beat and sometimes raped. Whilst Alex is suffering from the movie clips, Doctor Brodsky simply says ‘Excellent, excellent, excellent.’ Here, the Doctor is clearly portraying how he does not wish to show any sympathy towards helpless Alex, as he did do to his previous victims. The detail in which Alex goes into whilst in distress is extremely intense and vivid. Alex says ‘I was sweating a malenky bit with the pain in my guts and a horrible thirst and my gulliver going throb throb throb.’ For me, the repetition of the word ‘and’ explains to the reader just how many feelings of pain and discontent Alex is going through. Words such as ‘sweating’ ‘guts’ and ‘thirst’ are all words that we associate with labour and hard work and that is exactly what Alex seems to be going through.