Part one of term paper
The main character, Andy, is an accountant who was convicted of murdering his own wife. He is taken out of a life in which he is comfortable and placed in an environment that is completely foreign to him. The of other prisoners' lifestyles are not similar to his own. Andy is educated and probably has never had any other crimes other than p ...

Part two of term paper
... advances by other inmates. While facing other ordeals he hopes to find a group of people he can identify with. Andy uses his vast financial knowledge to help a prison guard keep a tax free $35,000 left to him by his brother. His only request is that the prison guard gives all the prisoners three beers each. Andy then makes his friends for the duration of his stay at Shawshank Prison. The next challenge that Andy faces is keeping the one thing that he holds dear, hope. The hope that he would ...