Log 4The film Shaw Shank Redemption shows the processes and costs of institutionalism. The film follows the lives of prisoners at Shaw Shank Prison. The prison is run by a corrupt warden Norton and his captain Byron Hadley. Norton is involved in corruption, money laundering and Hadley abuses inmates. The film is narrated by Ellis "Red" Redding and is about his friend Andy Dufrense. Andy, an investment banker, was convicted of double murder for the deaths of his wife and her lover. The film follows the fight for survival in prison in which he faces rape and exploitation, until he escapes into the outside world. A major theme in this approach. The first idea that interested me was that of institutionalism. This theme is illustrated through the character of streams. Brooks is a seventy-year-old inmate who has spent the last fifty years of his life in prison and threatens to kill his friend just to stay in prison. Brooks and for those fifty years he knew nothing other than being the prison librarian. Brooks shouts, “It’s the only way they’ll let me stay.” Brooks had been paroled but had become so accustomed to prison life that he called prison his home so, when he was finally released, he didn't know how to react. His attempted murder of a fellow inmate is an act of fear so that he doesn't have to leave behind the only life he knows. After his release, he hanged himself in a rehabilitation home for prisoners after finding life on the outside lonely and meaningless. In prison, Brooks was the head librarian and was a respected man, but on the outside he was just an ex-con. This idea makes me think of the difficulties long-term prisoners face after their release and whether enough is being done to help them reintegrate. This character is...... middle of paper ......ue which came from these projects by connecting it to several accounts. Warden Norton is corrupt because his interests are in his own gain rather than the rehabilitation of the inmates. This idea of ​​corruption is politically valuable in that the director represents many politicians whose interest is in lining their pockets rather than helping people. These people have a responsibility to lead and help, but they abuse their power for their own financial gain. The warden not only uses Andy to steal money, but he also uses his guards (especially Hadley) to cruelly beat his prisoners and he has Tommy killed to protect his reputation. Instead of the warden using the prison as a place to enforce the law, he uses the prison to advance his own power. Shows how they don't care about inmates, socially valuable like the Egyptian government where don't care about people only for their own gain..