Synopsis by TheRogerrabbitt1

Post date: Aug 03, 2014 9:11:8 PM

18:59:38

“Shawshank Redemption”

Synopsis by Lilaine Rogers

Currently in our society, we are incurred with a burdensome amount of people who will be going in and out of the prison system for crimes ranging from petty-theft, to capitol murder in the 1^st. degree. This social dysfunction has a special name. It is called recidivism. Recidivism is the constant leaving and returning of a population to a penal institution. It also means that out of 3 people that go to prison, 2 of them are on their second trip. The movie ”Shawshank Redemption” carefully and specifically demonstrates this phenomenon on screen.

The first clip shows scenes of the prisons architectural structure and the barren halls and cell rooms, in side of a condemned prison in St. Crox, Virgin Islands. Morgan Freeman narrates as he explains what it is like to be institutionalized. The second clip depicts scenes from the movie that show the inmate population going about their everyday prison life. There is also a very high criminal, habitual behavioral problem within the prison itself.

The following clips are violent and have mature language and themes in an extraordinary effort to create a realistic view of our failing prison system. The following topics are included in the discussion;

1. Morgan Freeman; Institutionalized and Forming an Identity

2. Reality and Addiction; Criminal Behavior.

3. “Tim Robbins” Rape and Character-Brooks’ suicide