Shawshak Redemption- main character analysis

The title of the movie means that it is a prison where salvation for sin through Jesus’ sacrifice. One of the examples that describe the title is- Andy was sent to the prison thinking that he had his wife and her lover, while he was innocent and when he found out he was innocent he finds his way for freedom and goes to the bank and takes the amount of money Warden Norton obtained illegally (financial corruption).

In the movie there a quite a lot main character but the main once are:-

Warden Norton- he was the director of the prison. He used to say to his prisoners that he only believed in two things and they were Bible and discipline. He also killed a young man called Tommy because Tommy knew Andy was innocent and he was ready to do anything in order to save Andy, while Warden didn’t want Andy to get out. The reason behind this was because Andy had laundered his dirty money and had managed to create a bank account where he kept all the money. When Andy came to know that Tommy was killed, he escapes from the prison and he also takes revenge on Warden by taking all Norton’s money. Warden Norton kills himself when police came to arrest him after Andy had escaped. Norton also used his prisoners in cheap prison labor, out of that he made a lot of money. At times he also over used his power.

Andy Dufresne- (Primary character) - He was accused of killing his wife and her lover. Andy was innocent unlike other friends of his. He was quite close to this guy named Red when he spent 19 years in the prison. Andy used the rock hammer to shape himself the pieces of chess set. While carving his name on the wall he realizes that the cell walls aren’t strong. During the 19 years he cuts a tunnel through the cell, to get out of the prison and start a new life in the world outside. Andy takes the entire Norton’s money to start a new life for him, with his new identity he settles in Mexico.

I thought this was a very interesting movie. I really like the movies.

Valentines Day!

Are you one of those who get nervous if you are going to get a rose from someone or not? You may also be daydreaming thinking if have any secret admirer isn’t?

Well, Valentines Day is not only about couples… it is a very important day where you can express you love towards anyone. Lets say maybe towards any of your family member and in order to make them happy you go and buy gifts for them and treat them in more special way than you used to treat them and make them feel loved and let them also release that there is someone out there who cares about them and love them like no matter what happens.

You can also make friends with your enemies. There is no reason why you want to have someone the only reason that you might hate them is because you are jealous of them.

Valentines Day is one of the days that you make the most out of it. You can have as much fun as you want… what I mean is that even though you don’t love someone but he/ she is your friend and you want to have some fun with them than you can just send some flowers along with a note with reads “ FROM ANONYMOUS”.

It is a day whose memories can be treasured. It will be really great to look at it or remember it in the future. I would really say you don’t need a boyfriend in order to celebrate this day. You can celebrate it with your loved ones…with those people who are your rather than the person who you are not even sure if he/she is your. You will make the most of it if you specially celebrate this day with you family.

New Student and new school

Do you know the feeling of being the new student in a place where you don’t know anyone, everything around you is new? Are you one of them so doesn’t like changes in your life? Well, you know changes are good and you experience new things but I am some one who doesn’t like moving from one school to another though I like to travel from one country to another.

One of the things that I hate the most in my life is being a new student in a new school where there are unknown people….. You know how scary that is. Once I get used to the place and settle down I still some times have trouble making friends though surprisingly in ISOI I have managed to make some good friends in a short time. I think the hardest part of changing schools is you have to start everything all over again….get used to the system, make friends and get to know your teachers.

I was really amazed with myself because I have managed to settle down properly, managed to make new friends and I am getting used to the place….. The reason why I am saying this is because I always have trouble settling down in a new place and I always get homesick.

What I have learned from all the experience I had I guess I can say you change as the time passes, and you also have to change as time changes otherwise you will be left behind while others will move on. That’s the reason why I managed to change myself.

The Birth place

By: - Robert Frost.

Here further up the mountain slope
Than there was every any hope,
My father built, enclosed a spring,
Strung chains of wall round everything,
Subdued the growth of earth to grass,
And brought our various lives to pass.
A dozen girls and boys we were.
The mountain seemed to like the stir,
And made of us a little while--
With always something in her smile.
Today she wouldn't know our name.
(No girl's, of course, has stayed the same.)
The mountain pushed us off her knees.
And now her lap is full of trees.

What does this poem remind you off?????? This is one of my favorite poems by Robert Frost though it is quite different from other poems. This poem reminded me of many different things, among them one of them is my hometown because it also has mountain, in fact the highest mountain in the world, it reminded me of time when I was small and also how much I miss my hometown.

I think this poem is different than others because it doesn’t have any metaphors or similes, though it the personification because the speaker has called the mountain “her”, given the word “smile and lap”. The biggest symbol in the poem is the mountain which symbolizes many things like peace, purity and the poem tells us that how much the speaker is attached to that place, and his personality is influenced by his home town. It is a traditional poem with only total of fourteen lines and seven sentences which is called sonnet.

What I thought about the poem was that there was no one living there up in the mountain until the speaker along with his family went to stay there, after they settled down even other people came to live and there they had a mix up with different types of people but at one point of time something went wrong and they had to leave that place but when he went back to that place no one recognizes him. Well it kind of relates to most of our story though we left our home town and moved away not because something went wrong but because of our parents job and for the purpose of our education.

After I read this poem I felt this poem reflects a lot with what is happening in my life. I also thought this is such a cute poem.

Who knows me best?

Do you know who knows you the best? Well, in my case I do know someone who knows me more than anyone else in this planet and I am hundred percent sure because she has been sustaining me from the day I put my feet in this globe. It’s the person who knows everything of you as accurate as a dot.

She knows all about me… I can say she knows me from head to toe. She is someone who is very close to my heart….she is my soul mate. Without her I will obviously die. She is as precious as Gold to me. My personality and my behavior are all influenced by her. She is the person who makes me unique and teaches me how to be independent. She knows the tiniest things in the world about me, she consoles me when she needs to, and she alerts me for the necessary things that I have to shop for and she also reminds me time to time my responsibility of being the daughter in the family. My choices are know by her better than me myself.

Well, do you want to know who that girl is; like I told you she is my soul mate…. So, I think no one knows me better than me myself. In reality there is no one except you who knows yourself better than anyone else in this universal. This is the truth, whether you believe it or not.

My deep sleep dream

I was deep in my sleep and was dreaming that I was out with my friends having a good time bowling and watching movies. It was a beautiful day, the sun was as bright was a button, the sea as calm as the lamb, the sky as clean as a new pin. Everyone around us was jovial and they were also enjoying along with us.

All of a sudden my dream changes and I start dreaming about something irreverent to my life. It was a very odd delusion.

It is a story about when we keep moving from one city to another because of my friend who I was staying with and we could not live without each other. The main reason of our migration was because my friend was desperate to have a boyfriend. Every time she broke up with someone, we would out and start a fresh. One day I got really tired and decided to make an imaginary secrete admirer who stayed out of the country. The first step that I took was that I sent her a flower saying it was from anonymous. She was quite happy and I thought this was going to work but I guess I was wrong. As time passed she got desperate to see his photo and wanting to talk to him. I then took the second step and sent her a photo of a guy who was a friend of mine. I used to go over to my friend’s house and pretended to be the guy and have a chat with her. As things started getting out of my control I decided to tell her.

When she came to the place I had called her to tell her everything, that evening something extraordinary happened, after she came to know everything. The guy’s picture who I had sent to her decided to ask her out. And thank God we didn’t have to move after that. As things worked out between them.

Samin Sharma Sanjel

DAD

I have got this chance to be born in this beautiful world and explore it. If daddy was not there I would not be standing here and exploring this beautiful world. He is someone who provides us all the essential things and plays the major role in order to keep us content. I think without him I am nothing.

Daddy is lofty, with brown eyes, he wears spectacles and has mustache. He is one person who you surely can trust with your eyes closed. His heart is as large as life. He trusts everyone easily. He is friendly, kind and loving to everyone. He also loves to assist everybody in spite of their status and background. He thinks everyone should be treated equally and we should all lend a hand to each other. He is the one who taught me how to walk by holding his hands and saved me from falling. He can do anything to protect me and my brother. He trained us how to read and write ABC and live our life autonomously. The best time with him is when we got out for weekends as a whole family. Along with Mama he is also a really superior cook. Me and my brother we always look forward to the weekends because we get to eat food cooked by daddy. It is the yummiest food in the world. This summer when I told my grandma that the food he cooks is very luscious and she said “I know that. None of his brothers cook like that.”

Everybody loves to spend time with him. Without daddy I would not be able to do anything and I am nothing without him. I love my daddy very much.

Samin Sharma Sanjel

Mother

Mother

She is the person who carried me in her womb for 9 months. Bearing all the pains you caused her when you were inside with no complaints she promised to bring you into this beautiful and look after with love, care for you, protect you and provide you with necessary things.
Mama is medium height with brown eyes, she wears glasses and when she wears sari she looks like a souvenir and she has the cutest smile in the world. When I am with the time just flies away. She is one person who you can trust with your eyes closed. You know whenever I have some problem or I am not in the good mood she just tends to know. I asked her how do you know and she replied “My child I have carried you in my womb for 9 months and a mother will know anything about her child just like that because they are familiar with your expression from the day you were born.”
When I am back from school I will just know mama is home without seeing her because she will be cooking in the kitchen and the smell of the mouthwatering aliment. Everyone in the house will be waiting impatiently to eat food cooked by my mama’s hand. Once my grandma said “We wait for a year long to eat food cooked by your hand because they are the most delicious food.”
Everyone loves her and her company. If my mum was not there I would not be able to step into this beautiful world, without my mum I am nothing. I will never be able to live without her. I love my mother very much.

Samin Sharma Sanjel

A day i will never forget.

A DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET!
I remember the day vividly. The sky was as blue as ocean. The sun was as bright as a button, waking up everything around it as fit as fiddle. In garden flowers looked as beautiful as a souvenir. It was a beautiful and perfect morning of autumn. The memory of the day is as clear as crystal. When I think of that day the pain becomes as fresh as daisy.
It was around eight years back when this incident hit me. I woke up with an abrupt pain however the pain was tolerable at that time. In spite of this I was forced to wake up from my warm bed because of the pain. I thought the pain was normal so I didn’t take it serious. Eventually the pain increased and became unbearable. I started screaming with the intolerable pain. Mama came to the room and asked me “What happened?” I told her that I had a bad tummy pain. She said rest for some time you’ll be fine. I tried to go back to sleep but was unsuccessful. As time passed by the pain become unacceptable.
However I tried to drag myself out of bed in order to get ready for school but failed. As the pain increased I started screaming louder than ever. Papa came and carried me to the longue. I told papa that I have a severe pain on the right side of my stomach. After hearing this everyone started panicking. My grandma said “Its appendix, we need to take her to the hospital before it’s too late!” Despite the fact that my grandma said it, no one believed it. Everyone said “She is too small to be suffering from appendix.” Papa s said he wanted to wait for his elder brother to come before he makes any decision. After my uncle came I told him everything and he said “Its appendix we have to take her in the emergency?” They called the hospital and informed them.
Finally we reached to the hospital and I was taken to the emergency room and the doctors examined me and they told me to go and do video x-ray. After the report had come I was admitted in the hospital. Later in the day I was operated. The doctors said if it was later than this, the appendix would have burst. I was in drip after I was operated though I was still unconscious.
However after I gained my consciousness back I realized I was surrounded by so many people. This is the most memorable day in my life, and I will never be able to get over the fact that I was operated when I was in Grade 2. I thought it was end of my life however it was not.
Samin Sharma Sanjel
Grade 11
English 11