肖申克的救赎 读书报告(读后感)

Reflections give one wisdom

——Some reflections on the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

Belief introduction about the author and the book

Born in Portland, Maine in 1947, Stephen King is the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He has since published over 50 books and has become one of the world's most successful writers. The books he wrote include "Carrie", "The Dark Tower" series, The Stand, Storm of the Century, and The Green Mile.

And Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a novella from Stephen’s collection Different Seasons. The book was first published by Penguin Audio in 1982. It has been hailed by critics as King's "greatest work" and "masterpiece". The novella was also adapted for the screen in 1994 as The Shawshank Redemption, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1994.

Summary of the book

The story is narrated by Red, an inmate who can deliver contraband of almost any type into Shawshank Prison. Andy, a banker imprisoned for murder, asked Red to get him a rock hammer to shape the rocks into small sculptures. He also ordered a large poster of Rita Hayworth. Red reflected that Andy was uncharacteristically excited about the poster,

but did not think more of it at the time.

Andy used his skills to help the administrators, such as warden and guards in the Shawshank. This earned him many privileges inside the prison, like having a cell himself. Twenty-seven years later, Andy was found missing in his locked cell. The warden Norton with great rage finally discovered that the poster on the wall (now showing a young Raquel Welch) covered a man-sized hole. Andy had used his rock hammer not just to shape rocks, but to carve a hole through the wall night after night for 27 years. And he succeeded in breaking the prison. Personal reflections

Maybe you will admire Andy’s perseverance. For a man who insists on digging a concrete wall for nearly 27 years only using a rock hammer, Andy deserves this. So did I.

Maybe you will be surprised by Andy who never loses hope after so many years’ sufferings in Shawshank. Just thinking the dull environment, the warden and the guards’ persecution and all the dirty things inside, is there anybody that won’t get desperate? I think I will not be the exceptional.

But those above do not impress me most, but Andy’s personality does. Andy is a quiet person, saying much little in his daily life. But he is a special man, maybe smart would be more appropriate. I believe that being quiet always represents that one is wise, because he or she has