Terrence Stone was a member of a Pomona gang. Due to the gang affiliation, he found himself in and out of the California Youth Authority and state prison. Stone was able to make a change for the better, and with the help of one of his brothers, he co-founded Young Visionaries Youth Leadership. In the article entitled, “Standing up to gangs”, the author states: “The group is one of several in San Bernardino County that bring a message of hope to young gang members in local schools that they can turn their lives around” (Mike Cruz). Terrence Stone focused on ways to help young people see that there is a good life outside of gangs.
How does this relate to human freedom? Andy gets redemption in many was in the movie. In the act of being redeemed Andy gives the warden a taste of his own medicine by taking all the money he got and putting it into a false identity (which he later claims as his new identity). Andy was delivered because he was wrongly convicted for murder and after 20 years in prison, Andy escaped and now is a free man. The state of being redeemed was when the warden killed tommy and at the end of the film the warden kills himself.
After being abandoned by his parents, living in an orphanage and spending six and a half years in prison, he draws on his personal experiences to describe how it would feel to be an immigrant. Starting anew often results in a disillusioned view. The reality of a fresh start is very intriguing and sometimes something that is only a dream. In the poem Baca is trying to convince the reader that being an immigrant to a new land is filled with hope “they talked about rehabilitation, about being able to finish school, and learning an extra good trade.” No different than being a free man who has been sent to prison. “The use of the prison scene provides the reader with a familiar situation to resemble two different worlds.
In the essay "A Homemade Education," Malcolm X describes how he became interested in reading and learned to educated himself in prison. He is glad that his homemade education changed his life and led him to success. When Malcolm went to prison, he find his spelling and handwriting is so bad that he couldn't even write in a straight line. Because of Bimbi' s huge knowledge, he could take charge their conversation. It made Malcolm felt shame and then decided to learn reading.
Socrates would stand in the streets of Greece and would give his point of views to the youth. Soon many heads were turning and many were being convinced that this way was the right way. For this Socrates was thrown in jail for corrupting the youth with his believes of how the law should be. With no resistance he followed the rule of Greece and was imprisoned by the law. Even though many may suggest that he taught many a better way at life, he did not consider his self and
Bimbi influences him the importance of learning, which motivates Malcolm to take a few extension courses while in jail. Various family members start converting to the Nation of Islam and mention to him that leader, Elijah Muhammad, who teaches that “the white man is a devil.” The converted Malcolm recognizing Allah's divine plan for his life. A genuine prayer: ‘‘All praise is due to Allah.’’ Well Malcolm states that if it hadn’t been for Allah, he believes that he would have become “a brainwashed Black Christian.’’ Malcolm is released from prison in the summer of 1952, and moves to Detroit to be near his family and their local Nation of Islam temple. For Malcolm the learning and self-discovery doesn’t stop once he converts to Islam and leaves
It is also a way for them to show the victims of their crimes that they can change. An example of a prison rehabilitation success story is that of federal inmate Michael Santos, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison in 1987 for selling cocaine. After accepting full responsibility for his crime and being convicted, Michael will have a possible chance to be released in 2013 because of good behavior. He decided to develop himself intellectually, spiritually and physically by proving that he would continue to stay that way upon release. He enrolled in college and graduated with honors in 1992.
“[Monster] changed [his] name while [he] was a prisoner. [His] name was now Sanyika” (363). The only way Sanyika could move on with life was to change his path. He needed to change himself to the man he wanted to be not the man he had grown up to be. He could have easily remained in the gang life but he realized that in staying apart of the gang would result in his death or else he would spend most of his time behind bars.
Now if we go back we will be weary, broken, burnt out, rootless, and without hope” at first I was confused and did not quite understand what he meant. He meant if they survived and went home before the war ended, they would not know what to do with themselves. He thought if his classmates had experienced more of the war they would have suffered more and felt worthless if they were to return home. Paul was describing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which soldiers or anyone who has experienced a traumatic event experience today. PTSD changes the victims’ thoughts, opinions and perspectives on almost everything; it affects not only them but their family and friends.
Also with him being your friend, it may be increasingly hard to turn him in for such an offence. Having your friend lose his job due to a small altercation with a convicted criminal, who is trying to provoke an incident? Your friend may be a good man with a wife and a family. Who was having a bad day, and just snapped due to the provocation of an inmate. Dose that one instance constitute him losing everything he has worked his entire life for?