Comparison Of 1984 And The Shawshank Redemption

This shows the contrast between Winston's career and his personal choices. His job is to alter the past so that everything agrees with the present, however, when given the slightest opportunity, Winston betrays the Party and begins writing in his journal about them and their lies. This is ironic because not only is the Ministry of Truth changing that past into lies, but Winston is also lying to the party about his loyalty. He is not openly admitting to disliking the Party and has continued to work for them despite his moral beliefs. This shows us to opposition between Winston’s job and how he feels about doing it.

During Andy’s arrival to the penitentiary, he seemed like he was in distress and in disbelief that he was going to spend the rest of his life incarnated. The moment when Andy was being shackled he knew at that moment that he lost all of his rights and freedoms. When he was in society he was deem with freedoms such as expression, liberty, speech, etc. but now they are taken away. An example of a scene would be when Andy and the other new inmates were force to listen to the guards and do what they were told.

Both books are told linearly, with events occurring in sequence. In 1984, Winston's story was told from beginning to end, with each event leading to the next. Orwell writes, "The long-hoped-for bullet was entering his brain" (Orwell 298). Similarly, in

When Winston is taken by the thought police we get an insight on how the party truly works. They are men and women who are seeking power can be shown in the quote “The party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the goods of other; we are only interested solely in power.”. This quote shows how the party does not care for the people but as long as they are in control then it does not matter. To gain power in this world is not hard, it is shown as an endless cycle of the middle becoming high and doing the same thing the high class before them did.

Eventually, Red got out on parole, and it was the hope that Andy brought to Shawshank that kept him going on the outside. In this story, Andy was the most hopeful person in Shawshank, but he was also sensible towards the notion of risk and reward. Despite being a

1. Winston believes that the true way to defeat the Party is by the proles. He says that he knows that power lies within the proles and that power can be used to overthrow and defeat the Party. 2. To Winston, the most important thing for him is that he knows that the Brotherhood exists.

Shawshank Compare and Contrast Essay In 1994, director Frank Darabont released the film adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling 1982 novella, “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”. Both mediums were masterfully crafted to tell the story of Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding’s time in prison and the immense impact that his friend and fellow prison inmate Andy Dufresne had on his life. Each medium excellently captured and portrayed the main themes, one of which being the injustice and hypocrisy of the prison system. While they both succeeded at doing so, they came to this, each in a different fashion.

Life constantly bombards us with series of twists and turns which we inevitably have to battle. In these times of struggle, we often look up into the light for small glimmers of hope that helps motivates us to push forwards. While we struggle, hope has always been by our side. In Stephen King’s novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, and its film adaptation, directed by Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption, the theme of hope is perpetuated through Red’s character. It tells a life story about Andy Dufresne, a life sentenced convict who proclaims his innocence, who is sent to Shawshank prison.

To develop a sense of freedom, Winston writes in his journal, ultimately committing thoughtcrime. For example, Winston writes, “To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone—to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone” (28). In writing this journal, it is visible that Winston is interested in rebellion. He wants to show the Party that he is doing something illegal and is able to get away with it. He demonstrates this in reading Goldstein’s book.

Both the movie and the book also have The Shawshank Penitentiary be located in Maine. Another change to the setting is that Andy's room had posters of Rita Hayworth, Raquel Welch and Linda Rondstadt in the book and in the movie only had Rita and Raquel's posters in his room. A final change is that the book takes place over thirty years while the movie takes place over twenty years. Both the book and film cued you into a time change through the narration of Red and events in the life of Andy. Some advantages that the movie had over the book is that the movie could paint the exact picture they want for the prison, which helps set the mood for the rest of the

At the beginning of the novel, Winston made it prominent that he dissented Big Brother and his party’s idea. He wrote in his diary, in Book 1 Chapter 1, “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER…” (Orwell 18). This shows that Winston dissented his country’s government and was willing to rebel for he knew deep inside that

The Shawshank prison is a corrupt prison with underhanded actions from the guards and inmates. Before Andy Dufresne entered prison, he was a banker and he followed the law, like a ruler. When Andy was put in prison

Winston also acknowledges the fact that the proles will remain ignorant to their power until they rebel but they will not rebel until they are aware of their power. This cyclic contradiction proves that the proles will never be able to overthrow the government. This ignorance of the people gives strength to the Party. The Ministry of Truth, where Winston works, has a big part in keeping the people ignorant. Winston’s job is to change the past.

A smart and intelligent person who was presented with a chance to be found innocent. This gave Andy hope, A reason to fight and keep going but when the warden denied his request of a retrial, he lost all that hope forcing him to change and become almost broken. When he was released from solitary confinement he was shriveled up in a corner almost with the same thousand yard stares formed in veterans that fought in wars. During those wars, The soldiers that fought saw things that the majority of us will never see in our lives. They saw their fellow friends and sometimes family killed in front of their eyes which (most of the time) stripped their hope away from them making them feel like there's no reason to live or to keep going and as a result it changed them.

After he came to Shawshank, he experienced every terrible and disgusting things happening there. Whenever Bogg’s “sisters” physically abuses and rapes Andy, he endures it until he figures out where to get protection and how would he manage it. Andy gets protection from the guards and relations with other prisoners, and he achieves his demands by his knowledge and skills. He builds relationships with ‘co-workers’ by sharing beers from helping Hadley.