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1、EmbraceWhatLifehasGivenYou“DarknessgivesmedarkeyesbutIusethemtosearchforlight”—afamouspoemthatcomesfromChinaremindsmeofAndy,theheroinTheShawshankRedemption.In1947heisconvictedofmurderinghiswifeandherloverandissentencedtotwoconsecutivelifesentencesattheShawshankPrison.However,Andywas
2、notthemurder.Thereisascenewherealltheprisonersidlearoundtheplayground,Andylookslikeheisstrollinginaparkwithasmile.Nobodywouldsayhelikesprison,however,insteadoffeelingmiserableoflife,AndytriestoacceptwhatGodhasgivenhimandfindsredemptionforhimself.AstheancientChinesepoetFangZhongYansa
3、id,“Nohappinessforwhatyouhave.Nosorrowforwhoyouare.”Unfairnessisauniversalhumanexperience;theonlywayinwhichonecanovercomethefrustrationcausedbytheunfairnessisbyfirstacknowledgingandcomingtotermswiththatfrustration.And,itisbettertoregardthetransientlossaspartofourlifeexperiencesandac
4、ceptwhatisdestinedtobe.Later,AndyapproachesinmateRedandordersfromhimarockhammer.Heusedthissmall,tinyhammertotunnelaroutetohisfreedom.NotonlybydoingthistofleeShawshankbutalsoutilizinghisownfinancialknowledgetoworkasataxconsultantfortheprisonguardsandevenWardenNortoninordertoseekabett
5、erlifeinprison.Nevertheless,itwasin1965thatsomethingextraordinaryhappens—AndyisinformedoftherealmurdererforhiscasebyayoungerprisonernamedTommy.HopingthatheisabletogetanewtrialwithTommy’shelp,AndyturnstoWardenNortonbutonlygotrejectionandsolitaryconfinement.RightafterAndyisreleasedfro
6、mconfinement,heismissingfromhiscellthenextday.InafuryoverAndy'sdisappearance,thewardenthrowsoneofAndy'srocksthroughaposter,revealingalargeholethatAndyhadusedtoescape.ItprovesAndyspentyearschippingawayatthewallofhiscellwithhisrockhammer,usingthepostersofHayworth,MarilynMonroeandWelch
7、toconcealitovertheyears.Tomysurprise,afterhisescape,AndyassumesthefakeidentityofRandallStevens,whichhecreatedearlierforthepurposeofconcealingthewarden'sembezzlementsandwithdrawsthefundsthathehaddepositedovertheyearsforNortonandsendsevidenceofthescamstoalocalnewspaper.Asthemovieconti
8、nues,Icannothelpfee
