Week 5
Review of Shawshank Redemption:
1) Why would we classify Andy as a tragic hero?
We classified him as a tragic hero because he is smart and has a successful career as a bank officer. He is also innocent of murdering his wife. However, because of his flaw, he had to serve the prison for his whole life and thus we felt that he was being heavily punished for his flaw.
2) What was his flaw and how did it cause his fall from grace?
I think that his flaw was due to his jealousy and thus causing him to be at the crime scene.
3) What lessons did he learn from his mistakes?
He learns that since he has already made a mistake causing him to be in prison, he has to deal with it positively
4) How did he change and how did he change others?
He changes by adapting himself to the place and thus resorting to dirty tricks to survive inside. He changed others by being a good influence to them and making the prison a better place to stay in. He also believes in hope and thus tries to influence his friend to believe in hope.
Assignments:
Letter to the past
- select a person that meant something to you in your past, but whom you no longer speak to now
- then write a letter which expresses all the things you wish you could say to the person but can’t
- communicate the memories of important moments you had together in the past, and how your time spent together has made you a different person now than you were before
- password protect your page
