Eventually, he is used to launder money for numerous wardens, including Samuel Norton, who proclaims to be religious, and is on the take with construction companies. As for his financial expertise, initially he was used to fill out tax returns for the guards. For years, Andy works to improve and expand the library. He is given the post of prison librarian and a single person cell rather than having to live with other inmates. Moreover, he becomes a resource for others who run the prison, helping them with financial issues.Īndy finds himself being protected from the Sisters by the warden and the guards. This event serves to change the view the other inmates have of Andy, and he earns their respect. In exchange for beers for the inmates working on the crew, Andy offers to do the necessary tax paperwork for the guard, who after some thought, agrees. Hearing Byron Hadley, one of the guards, complaining about the taxes he will owe on an inheritance,Andy offers advice that will help Hadley lessen the tax bite. Years go by and Andy and Red join a work detail that is applying new tar to the roof of the prison’s license plate factory. He also asks for cloths to polish with, and a poster of the actress Rita Hayworth.
Early in his time at Shawshank, when Andy learns that Red is able to procure various items, he asks if he is able to get him a rock hammer, saying rock collecting and carving is a hobby of his. Andy fights back against the Sisters but always comes out injured, and is, at times, placed in solitary confinement. Guards turn a blind eye when he is raped by a group of inmates known as the Sisters. Others look down on him, feeling he is a snob. Andy’s adjustment to the life of an inmate is not easy. The evidence against Andy is overwhelming, yet he unwaveringly asserts that he is innocent. Andy was found guilty of murder in the deaths of his wife, Linda, and tennis pro Glenn Quentin, who was her lover. Andy Dufresne’s arrival to begin his life sentence marks the beginning of changes for the inmates at Shawshank. The narrator is Red, an inmate serving life at Shawshank for having accidentally killed two additional people when he murdered his wife by tampering with the breaks of her car. The novella is set at the Shawshank Prison and opens in 1947. The other three novellas are “Apt Pupil: Summer of Corruption,”“The Body: Fall From Innocence,” and “The Breathing Method: A Winter’s Tale.”“Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” is based onLeo Tolstoy’sshort story“God Sees the Truth, but Waits.” The novellas in Different Seasons lean more toward the dramatic mainstream than to King’s trademark horror tales. “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption: Hope Springs Eternal” is one of four novellas that comprise Stephen King’s 1982 collection, Different Seasons.
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