Andy & Red
Socialization
Prisoners at Shawshank experiences socialization while serving their time.
Quoted by Andy: “The funny thing is on the outside I was an honest man, straight as an arrow, I had to come to prison to learn how to be a crook. "
The prisoners had to learn that there was no blasphemy allowed at Shawshank and had to adjust to what they found was normal on the outside is no longer normal.
Red changed considerably in the years he knew Andy. Throughout the movie, every decade he tries to get released on parole, but always gets denied. As a result of everything he has experienced and Andy, he tells the board at his final hearing that he does not care if he gets released.- this results in him finally getting released.
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He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine.
During his imprisonment, he friends Ellis "Red" Redding who is also at Shawshank for murdering his wife, only he's actually guilty.
An older prisoner Brooks stirs up talk in the prison when he's released on parole after fifty years and commits suicide because he cannot adjust to the outside world.
The story follows these men as well as other prisoners and their lives while being institutionalized at Shawshank.
Deviance
In society, one of the most popular forms of punishment for deviant individuals who commit criminal acts is to send them to a correctional facility.
Although the rest of society has rejected this person as a result of this behavior, in a restricted setting like prison - people begin to adapt to their surroundings.
Inevitably, the longer one stays in this setting, the more institutionalized people become. Criminals will soon readily accept their status as a prisoner as well as establish a new identity within this community.
Total Institution Desocialization & Resocialization
Brooks has spent over 50 years in prison and prison is all he knows. When he gets released on parole he is totally
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Social Conflict Theory
The group that asserts power will inevitably find ways to diminish other groups who the dominant group sees as a threat.
In Shawshank Redemption, this theory can be tested by observing the relationship between the prison warden and Andy Dufresne.
The prison warder or a member of his staff is seen verbally or physically abusing one of the inmates in an attempt to assert his power over the inmates.
Violence is used by the dominant group to establish their control over the inmates and discourage them of their ability to see themselves as anything more than a rejected member of mainstream society.
In Conclusion...
Shawshank Redemption is a great film portraying many different sociological concepts such as deviance, culture, socialization, as well as perspectives on institutionalization and role conflicts. It displays theories of social conflict between the inmates and the warden. It's the closest motion picture that depicts what prison is really like and how society deals with sociological issues..
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