Andy

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Andys Role in Shawshank Redemption
Heather Zemke and Liz Del Core
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Andy Dufrasne played by Tim Robbins

• Banker from the 1940s
• In jail for being accused of killing his wife and
  her lover
• Must serve two life sentences for his act

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Andys Intelligence

• The first time the viewers see Andys
  intelligence is the rooftop scene
• Andy steps out of line to inform his supervisor
  of how to save money
• Because he stepped out of line, the supervisor
  threatens to throw him off the roof

• While dangling from the roof Andy is able to help
  the supervisor and be given three cold beers for
  each of his co-workers

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Librarians Assistant

• As a result of the discovery of Andys knowledge,
  he becomes stationed in the library and Brooks
  assistant.
• Andy handles financial affairs for almost
  everyone on the staff - including Warden Norton
• Andy develops a strong relationship with Brooks
  and Jake, the adopted crow.

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Time for Mozart

• Andys first formal act of rebellion against
  authority in the prison
• Andy locks the officials out of the office and
  plays music over the loudspeaker for all the
  inmates to hear

• Shots during this scene enhance the meaning

• Montage to show other inmates reactions
• Aerial Shot to show all inmates in the yard
• Close-ups on Andy locking people out

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Andys Library

• Andy is strong-willed and went to great extents
  to get a more extensive library
• receives shipments of books and records
• this pushes him to write more letters

• he gets money from the government to increase the
  size of the library
• he has enough money to dedicate the library to
  Brooks

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Andys New Project

• Andy decides to help Tommy receive his GED
• Andy teaches him how to read and write
• Andy had to teach him the basics first and keep
  moving up to a high school education level

• Tommy receives a letter and is unwilling to open
  it to determine the outcome
• Red opens the letter and finds out Andy succeeded
  in helping him pass
• in the hole, the guard tells Andy that Tommy
  passed

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Andys Tunnel

• Unknown to the prisoners, Andy had been digging a
  tunnel since Red gave him an ax
• Andy covers the hole by using different posters
  from Red
• the Warden discovers the tunnel and Andys secret
  by throwing a rock at the guards and Red which
  deflected and made a hole through the poster

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Andys Box for Red

• While in the prison, Andy told Red about a place
  where he was engaged and told about a tree and a
  specific rock
• once Red is released, he looks for this place
• here Red finds enough money to search for Andy in
  Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean
• Red violates his parole by leaving the country in
  his search for Andy

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Andys Dream

• Red finds Andy on the beach of the Pacific Ocean
• Andy was working on his dream boat
• this is an aerial shot as Red and Andy run up to
  each other and hug
• even though its the end of the movie, it is the
  beginning of their new friendship in a better
  environment