Victor's unit 2b points for the essay

shawshank redemption.

Intro: i will discuss this film in terms of politics...... using these sources....


Point 1: One of the main themes of Shawshank Redemption is the class of the inmates in the prison. In this film we see the main protagonist being upper middle class while most of the rest of the inmates are from lower income backgrounds. In this the film displays who in society ends up in prison. what does character choice say about american society. (reading american dream)


Point 2 Prison brutality by the inmates as well as the guards, portrayed in film by shows how the prison system is ineffective in terms of  rehabilitation.  what does the film say about prison system


POint 3: manual labour. how does this reveal the ideology behind the film makers (writer, director) really analyse this scene.

Point 4: what does the film say about morality (who is good and who is bad

Point 5: hanging scene: how prison linked to identity and inmates rely on prison personas.  Institutionalisation.

conclusion

mixed ideology? race?