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Similarities Between Shawshank Redemption And The Road

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In both Shawshank Redemption and The road both Frank daramont and Cormac McCarthy showed that just surviving in their dangerous environments was a constant fight. In both these texts, the protagonists faced a number of differences including their setting and the way they were shown but there were a number of similarities one in particular was that surviving was there main goal. For the father in the road, it was the survival of his son that mattered while for Andy it was the survival of his hope so one day when he escaped he wouldn’t have lost his spark. In conclusion both McCarthy and Darmont used the setting, characterization, and symbolism to show how the significance of survival as a drive for the protagonists. Both Andy and the Father
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