《肖申克的救赎》英文观后感
‘Brooks was here’
Brooks’s hands were shaking slightly while he was carving, with a solemn look, in a western dress and lether shoes.
It was an old man who had stayed in prison for a few decades. Once he left the cage of prison, he chose to die instead of showing any happyness. Freedm and factual society seemed prison to him, just no walls. It was much more horrible than the prison with walls. He woke up in the midnight and was awake because of fear. Nobody gave him a guidance, no group he belonged to. He really had no way to adjust the strange and totally new world. When he was packaging in the supermarket, his fear could be find in every wrinkle. He was fading hopelessly. When he was sitting on the bench in the park, the loneliness was stronger than those grids iin the prison. His only wish was if the bird with freedom will come to have a look at the lonely old man.
I can’t believe it that this was the purpose of punishing a prisoner. Years ago, he might be leyond redemption. But, after a few decades,he was just a old man without abilities. When he was in the society which was decades away from that he knew, he can't adapt to it, filled with all kinds of new technology. At this moment, if you have the desire to walk into the film to comfort the old man? Wasn’t he the same age as our grandpas? He had no abilities to harm the society any more. There is no doubt that when we watch the film The Shawshank Redemption, most of us are deeply impressed by Andy’s personal heroism. As a matter of fact, there
is the first row in a classroom, and also the last row. All these seats must be filled with people. There are great men in the society, and also prisoners. Someone promote historical progress, and someone drag its heels. What we should do is to improve the level on the whole, rather than let everyone admire great men. After all, great men take up a pretty small part, so are heroes. It’s unrealistic to spend all the power to foster a hero. Because you need to satisfy others as well. So, it's better to let everyone try to make progress.
So I prefer to believe that the director aimed to encourage humanistic care in the way of telling heroism. He said, ‘Some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright…’ However, such birds are not common to see. There is only one The Shawshank Redemption in the world, or, you can say Prison Break as well. Yeah, ‘Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free. A stronger man save himself, a great man can save another.’When Michael carried out it, he also showed an altitude that they were trying for inocence. If the law system was perfect as to no grievances, they wouldn’t exist. It is the society’s ignorance of this aspact that made them show up tragically. Just as there won’t be hate without reasons, no revolt without revolt.
I think that I will always cherish the memory of the sadness and loneliness when Brooks left the prison. That was a kind of silent struggle which was ignored by a group. Red and Brooks lived totally different lives with the same loneliness.
I think that what made the difference was the power of hope. Andy was a representitive of the power of thoughts, an altitude of tenacious self-saving, a kind of struggle consciousness more than a great man of guidance. We don’t want
