Rita Hayworth. I found it peculiar that the name of a pin-up girl would be used as the title of a movie about prison. When I visited a poster museum in Paju, I got to know about Hayworth as one of the most successful pin-up girl during war time. But, Shawshank Redemption was about prison, not battlefronts. Then, I got to know that prison life was not so different from war-life and that prisoners needed the pin-ups as much as the soldiers for similar reasons.
Then, there was this moment when I arrived at the page where Andy started his business with money washing. That was one of the few moments when I felt that this novel wasn’t going to be a stalemate. I was really thrilled by the concept and it took me less than an hour to finish the book after it. Still, there was another chapter when it came to suspense. It was the part where Andy just escaped and the warden freaked out. Because I instinctively felt the reason of existence for the posters by now, I was really scared for Andy. But, all went well and the suspense only intensified the joy when Red received news about Andy and started his journey to Mexico.
Good to see you've made the attempt, but as I'm sure you'll admit - the process of writing is a bit "after the fact." It's easier to write these things while reading or right after watching when things aren't rusty. You'd be better off combining these two posts to be one longer discussion of the works. For "The Body" we will do things more structured.
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