Shawshank Redemption Film Analysis

Adrian Diaz-Munio Mendez
Writing Seminar 1
Ms. Alanna Gibson
October 30, 2013
Catholic Intellectual Teachings in Everyday Life
Christianity plays a big role in many places, especially in the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" and in some of Freire 's writings. It also plays a big role in people, regardless they are religious or not. I do not consider myself a religious person and I see and feel the presence of Christianity almost every day of my life. For Christianity to be present, believes do not, necessarily, have to be the same. Related to religion, the Catholic Intellectual Teachings we have been working with in class are also present in the everyday life of everyone, whether they can identify them or not. In my opinion, one of
We are all created by God, as well as everything around us. Wherever we step, God has loaned it to us and we should treat it with respect. We should all be mindful, grateful, and respectful at every moment possible. At first, we do not see how this film would promote care for God 's creation, because of the way the warden and the guards treat the prisoners and, in some cases, the way some prisoners treat their inmates. As the film goes on, you can see the main character, Andy, build a relationship with the old guy, Brooks and Red, and slowly build some respect and care for one another. In the other hand, some characters respect and others disrespect God 's creation. For example, the warden seems to respect the inmates and his guards but he really does not. He treats the guards as if they were his pets and the inmates as if they were creatures of the devil. He thinks that since the inmates are in prison, they are all guilty, thus they have all disobeyed God and do not deserve respect from anyone. Also, the way some inmates look up to Brooks and respect Red is a good example of respect of God 's creations. Some inmates treat Brooks as a wise and intelligent man standing high and tall and Red as if he were some kind of delegate that has made lemonade from lemons. In a way, this films helps us understand how we should not treat God 's creations and how
When he compares humans with animals and that we should care for them as well as we care for other people, he is trying to promote, in some way, care for God 's creations because animals are creations of God too. And when Norris says that we should "love", she also is trying to promote care for others especially from the older people, because she also said that in order to understand our life we should learn from the experience of others. In order to do so, we should first understand where they are coming from which will provide us meaning and help us guide ourselves in life. That is when "Call to Family, Community, and Participation" becomes present in all of this. As we said in class, we are all called into this world to live in a community and to use our gifts for our own enrichment and for the good of