Monday 28 May 2012

Pages 80-91 Response

In pages 80-91 of Shawshank Redemption two different things happen the first being of minimal significance and the second being of major significance. The first thing that happens in pages 80-91 is that Red talks about inmates escaping from Shawshank Prison. Red talks about how since he has been at Shawshank there have been many inmates that attempted to escape but only six of them being successful every year. Red also talks about one inmate by the name of Sid Nedeau. Sid Nedeau had escaped one afternoon in 1958 during the guards shift change. His escape is notorious because of how he went unnoticed. Sid was 6ft2" and wearing a prison jumpsuit. The second and final thing that happened in pages 80-91 was Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank. The who ordeal of  Andy escaping from Shawshank started on March 12th, 1975 at 6:30 a.m when all prisoners were awaken and counted before they could eat breakfast. This morning was different because one prisoner was missing. At first the guards thought that they had just miss counted because they had counted everyone the night before. The concern of the guards changed when they realised who was actually missing from their cell: Andy Dufresne. Once it was confirmed that Andy Dufresne was missing the guards were ordered to search for him and if they couldn't find him by 3:00 that afternoon they would be in gigantic trouble with the warden. The search for Andy Dufresne continued well past 3:00 and at this point the guards were angry because they had been working well past their shifts plus at this time the warden became involved in the search for Andy. It was the warden Norton a short while after that when searching Andy's cell he rips a poster off of the wall only to his horror he discovers a tunnel. Realising after that he can not fit into the tunnel and neither can most of his guards he calls upon a guard by the name of Rory Tremont who is actually able to slither through the hole in the wall. Once Rory is in the hole for quite some time he realises that he has hit the sewer line and notices that there is a pipe that has been slightly cut so he proceeds to the pipe but can only go down a few feet until he gets stuck and has to come back up. By this time warden Norton is absolutely furious not just at Andy escaping but at the guards for not keeping a closer eye on him. I think that in the next ten pages Red will plan an escape plan and eventually meet up with Andy and they will live in Mexico together as free men.

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