Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

“The Shawshank Redemption” is a book about a person with a capital letter. Thrown into prison by sheer accident, he managed to preserve faith, hope, and love. The prison darkness is dispelled by his years of patience, and the stone walls give way under the blows of his geological hammer… You could say Stephen King wrote a fairy tale about one prison, but it’s an unusual fairy tale in which possibilities of the human soul are revealed. As the author himself said, a person is not destroyed by prison. Then what? Circumstances? Other people? Or—himself?
Stephen King tells, seemingly, about ordinary things: the strength of spirit, unquenchable hope, and the triumph of justice. Yet it’s precisely those ordinary things that are the hardest to talk about, because truths worn smooth by years turn into lifeless templates. Stephen King manages to revive one of those templates by presenting an astonishing story of a life path.
This work proves once again that the author can write not only horror and mysticism books; he has deep knowledge of psychology and can create universal brilliant things—depicting life as a feat…
The book became most widely known after the release of the film of the same name directed by Frank Darabont. The film remains at number one in the world rankings for many years.