Redemption

Redemption is the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. The Shawshank Redemption is all about this. The movie takes place in the late 1940s, when a banker named
Andy Dufresne finds out his wife had an affair. He gets drunk and contemplates scaring them with a gun, but doesn't go with it. However, his wife and her lover are murdered and Andy is sentenced two life time in Shawshank Prison. There, he endures a harsh system with abusive guards and raping from some prison members. He manages to use he's wits to friend several people, including Red, a smuggler of goods. At the end of the movie, Any manages to escape after 20 years of plotting and tunneling, and brings forth the truth behind the warden's illegal activities and the corruption at Shawshank. The iconic scene where Andy comes out of the sewers he had to crawl out of to escape into the waterworks during a violent storm is very symbolic. It express how through all those years of pain and remorse, he had finally achieved freedom. Innocent, he brought the true criminals to justice; Warden Norton for excepting illegal bribes and Captain Hadley for murdering a cellmates. The movie's name does live up to the plot, since a man that was done wrong achieve sanction for what he had to go through. Redemption comes to other characters as well besides Any. Red served over 30 years, and was released for good behavior. He carriers out a promise he mad to Any and travels to Mexico to find Any.