Andy’s Role in Shawshank RedemptionHeather Zemke

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Liz Del Core

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

Andy’s Intelligence

The first time the viewers see Andy’s 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 roofWhile dangling from the roof Andy is able to help the supervisor and be given three cold beers for each of his “co-workers”

Librarian’s AssistantAs a result of the discovery of Andy’s

knowledge, he becomes stationed in the library and Brook’s 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.

Time for MozartAndy’s 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

Andy’s LibraryAndy 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 lettershe gets money from the government to increase the size of the library

he has enough money to dedicate the library to Brooks

Andy’s 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

Andy’s 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 Andy’s secret by throwing a rock at the guards and Red which deflected and made a hole through the poster

Andy’s 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

Andy’s DreamRed 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 it’s the end of the movie, it is the beginning of their new friendship in a better environment