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    Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a true genius? Good Will Hunting is a movie about just that: a young boy who has experienced a less than satisfactory upbringing, but through reading informational books at a public library in his youth and through having a photographic memory that allows him to remember everything he reads has resulted in him becoming very intelligent. It is shown just how intelligent he is when he solves a proof that is written on a chalkboard at Harvard University…

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    The movie Shawshank Redemption is a film that was about a banker named Andy Dufresne who was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for murdering his beloved wife and her lover. He knows that he did not commit the crimes, he was being accused of something he did not do. While his stay at prison, he made some friends and lives through the harsh life in prison. This movie has shown what he went through. It shows his difficulties and experiences throughout his many years of confinement in…

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    Good Will Hunting

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    charm to an already wise, inviting story.” (Maslin) Bygre)This statement truly captures all of which Ms. Driver gives to the film. As a testament to how well Ms. Driver acted in the movie she was nominated for best supporting actress in the 1998 Academy Awards. Minnie Driver brings charm in a way that the film…

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    Will Hunting is a genius comparable to Albert Einstein. He is working as a janitor when a professor realizes his ability. This professor seeks Will out and sets out to get him professional help so that he can live up to his full potential. Will has experienced a more than difficult childhood, and has built up many walls to resist interactions between others that he does not know or trust. The story unravels when Will is confronted by a psychiatrist that chooses to go beyond typical measures to…

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    In the Film Good Will Hunting, the main character played by Matt Damon, is a 20 year old, who lives in South Boston. Will Hunting was a foster child, who’s foster father physically abused him, by stabbing him and cigarette burns. Will Huntington have an individualist culture; it mainly focused on his goals and achievements. His friends were accepting in his disability, but in a negative way. If Huntington wanted to fight someone, his three friends had his back and fought. He didn’t really have a…

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    Do individuals embrace or resist institutions? 
In the movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ the director Frank Darabont shows both views of Shawshank State institution. Two out of the three main Characters, Red and Brookes show a sense of embrace towards ‘Shawshank State Penitentiary’ prison. A poem that relates to the movie the Shawshank redemption is ‘School’ by Kumarmani Mahakul. This poem is a description of a few educational institutions, including School, University, Primary, Upper Primary and…

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    Prison is not a friendly place. Knowing that point, does prison have to be a place where one’s life comes to an end? In the United States, there is an incarceration rate of almost 700 people to every 100,000 people; this means the United States has the highest prison population in the world; over a period of ten years (2000-2010), the number of prisoners has increased from 1.937 million to almost 2.3 million (www.prisonstudies.org). Looking at The Shawshank Redemption (1994), the viewers see the…

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    The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Essential Questions: How does having a belief (in something or someone) help us to conquer fear and keep hope alive? Answer: having a belief in someone help us conquer fear because it leads to a greater hope in the future. Throughout the movie, Andy establishes a close relationship with Red and before Andy left, he told Red that to find a rock in a location in the middle of nowhere to find Andy in Mexico. When Red was released, he had the hope to find andy and…

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    Shawshank Redemption takes place in Maine in the middle of the twentieth century. The narrator is known as “the guy that can get it for you (1),” referring to a guy that can get things those in prison might want, like cigarettes, alcohol, or anything else within reason. This makes him a very important man in prison, because in order to get what people want, he has to have connections on the inside and outside. Given that he is the only one the reader knows about that is able to do this, he seems…

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    There are a number of conflicts Frank Darabont used to show institutionalisation in the film Shawshank Redemption. This is shown in physical, verbal, internal conflict between the prisoners, guards and the warden. Conflict can be found in the form of physical violence. At Shawshank prison physical violence was not only common between the inmates but the guards were also violent toward the prisoners. The first few years Andy was at Shawshank Red’s voice over stated he would, “every so often, turn…

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