Blog post 8

 In the week of my life, I just finished watching Shanksaw Redemption in my Intro to Film Studies class. Overall the movie was good and I have been told that it’s one of my Professor’s favorite movies of all time. Hope, more than anything else, was the driving for of the movie. The inmates at Shawshank give them the will to live. Andy's sheer determination to maintain his sense of self-worth and escape keeps him from dying of frustration and anger in solitary confinement. Ultimately, the film is a story of redemption and the journey toward freedom. Through perseverance, resilience, and unwavering faith, Andy and Red embark on a journey of self-discovery and redemption that culminates in their liberation from Shawshank. I had to write a four hundred worded miniature essay that featured questions like, “Many audience members have a hard time determining who was telling the story and why. The story is narrated by Red in a voice-over, but why him? If Andy had told his own story in the first person would the story have been the same? Discuss the differences between the story and the plot.” I also watched a movie Communication Studies this week called All The Presidents Men. The movie is about two green reporters and rivals working for the Washington Post doing research on the botched burglary of the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex. With the help of a mysterious source, code-named Deep Throat the two reporters make a connection between the burglars and a White House staffer. Despite dire warnings about their safety, the duo follows the money to the top. Honestly, I prefer the Shawshank movie. In football, we won our first game vs Outtawa University and it was a great game that boosted the morale of our team as a whole. Even though I am ineligible, this game made me feel more like a part of the team especially since this is our first win of the season. Halloween is coming up and I don’t have a costume, I have been so concerned with homework and schoolwork and making time for everything that Halloween hasn’t been a big concern of mine right now. I will probably buy a bag of candy and eat it in my room. 


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