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体制化与自由，在瑞德和老布身上就有明显的体现，他们过惯了监狱的生活，都被体制化了，甚至在他们出狱后，还保持了这种生活习惯，以至老布自杀，他们在监狱的时候，似乎已经忘记了自由，也放弃了对自由的追求，然而安迪却给他们带来了希望，给了他们自由的信念，当安迪冒着被关禁闭的危险给狱友们播放费加罗的婚礼，那一刻所有人都停住了，似乎是自由在呼唤他们，这些年也是安迪的自我救赎，妻子虽不是他杀的，但或多或少也有他的原因，20年安迪赎罪，当他爬出5个橄榄球场长的管道，伸出双臂的那一刻，我们似乎也感受到了那种自由

它给人一种无形的力量，它让我知道人的一生中所应 该拥有的最宝贵的东西。从而珍惜你现在还拥有它的机会。因为我们人类始终是这样：只有失去了，才真正意识到它的价值，才又拼命地去争取夺回来，然后又不去 珍惜。希望、自由、友谊是我们最基本、最起码的感觉和需要，如果自己不珍惜，那么难道还祈求别人去珍惜和维系吗?

The Shawshank RedemptionA successful young banker Andy found his wife fornicate with a baseball coach. He flew into a fury and planned to shoot them dead at one night. But at last he gave up. His reason won his emotion. Surprisingly, his wife and her lover died at that night. Andy was framed for murder. And the sentence was two life imprisonments. He was sent into Shawshank prison. That was a dark and gloomy hell with mad prisoners, cruel warders and viperous and greedy wardenry. The first night Andy spent in it, a new comer like Andy couldn’t bear the fear and kept crying and shouting. The result was he was taken out and beaten dead by the warders. At that moment, Andy understood that if he want to live he must be silent in Shawshank. In Shawshank Andy knew an old prisoner Red. They gradually became friends. Red was able to get some small goods for the prisoners. So Andy asked for a little hammer because of his interest in geology. The life in Shawshank was full of danger. Andy, as a new prisoner, was often threatened and maltreated by some scoundrels because he always refused their unbearable and disgusting demand. In such a dark prison, no one could help him even if someone may want to. After tow years, one day, Andy, Red and some other prisoners got the chance to rebuild the roof. They heard the head of the warders complaining that he had to pay high tax to government if he wanted to receive his brother’s inheritance. Andy grabbed the opportunity and taught him a way to be exempt from taxation. The condition was to give each prisoner 3 bottles of ice beer. All the prisoners enjoyed the rare and short freedom leisurely. Red said,” It’s just like rebuilding the roof of our own house. We are free like God.” Another consequence was that from then on Andy got the protection from the head of the warders. And all the warders even the wardenry began to consult Andy for financial affairs. So some of his special behaviors were permitted, such as pasting posters of some famous actress on the wall or carving chessmen with his little hammer at night.Prisoner as he was, Andy did more than a civilian. He kept writing one letter to the government every week to ask for bankroll to develop the library in Shawshank. After nearly ten years, a new library finally appeared. When checking the books from the government Andy found a piece of disc of The Wedding of Figaro. Then he played the disc in the radio room, letting the dulcet music spread above Shawshank. Although he was imprisoned alone for two weeks as penalty, he wasn’t regretful at all, because of the greatest thing in the world——music, which represents another best thing for human——hope. Later on, Andy knew a new prisoner Tommy, from whom Andy knew who was the real murderer that killed his wife. He immediately told the wardenry about this and naively thought the wardenry would help him leave there. But the wardenry didn’t do that. He killed Tommy. Andy had been laundering money for the wardenry for a long time. So it’s impossible for the wardenry to set Andy, as a tool and an attester for his crime, free. At this moment, everything seemed to be over. Both Andy and the audience should despair. But the climax of the movie appears. At a night with thunderstorm Andy escaped from Shawshank. Everyone including the wardenry and Red couldn’t believe it. The stone wall which Red asserted wouldn’t be dug through even with six hundred years was dug through by Andy in two decades. He kept digging with that little hammer at night, the sound of which was mistaken for the sound of carving chessmen. And the hole on the wall was covered by the huge poster of a famous actress. At that night, Andy crawled through the narrow tunnel to a drain-pipe and then smashed it with a stone under the cover of thunderclap. He was crawling while vomiting in the pipe which was as long as five football grounds by Red’s estimate. At length, Andy got out of the pipe into a little river outside the prison. He walked to the middle of the river and ripped his shirt, letting the rain wash all the filth away. Under the lightning and thunder, Andy spread out his arms, regaining freedom. When reading the postcard from Andy, Red sighed with feeling,” Some birds aren’t meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are just too bright.” Andy had said,” Life has only two choices——get busy living or get busy dying.” This is the most impressive word in this movie. It influenced a lot of people including me. Everyone is able to be busy living, but not everyone can do that all the time. That’s why a few people have brilliant life; many remain mediocre till the last minute of their life while some always struggle to get out of poverty. We complain that God is unfair. We just despair when we are in all-time low. We take hands-off attitude towards ourselves when others think we are failure, although we will weep in dreams. All of these have a same reason——we forgot that only ourselves can save ourselves. Holding hope forever especially in desperation and reminding myself to get busy living at any moment. That’s the most precious thing I got from this movie——The Shawshank Redemption

26个孩子和一道选择题 在新泽西州市郊的一座小镇上，一个由26个孩子组成的班级被安排在教学楼最里面一间光线昏暗的教室里。他们中所有的人都有过不光彩的历史：有人吸过毒、有人进过管教所、有一个女孩子甚至在一年之内堕过3次胎。家长拿他们没办法，老师和学校也几乎放弃了他们。 就在这个时候，一个叫菲拉的女教师担任了这个班的辅导老师。新学年开始的第一天，菲拉没有像以前的老师那样，首先对这些孩子进行一顿训斥，给他们一个下马威，而是为大家出了一道题： 有3个候选人，他们分别是—— A：笃信巫医，有两个情妇，有多年的吸烟史，而且嗜酒如命； B：曾经两次被赶出办公室，每天要到中午才起床，每晚都要喝大约1公斤的白兰地，而且曾经有过吸食鸦片的纪录； C：曾是国家的战斗英雄，一直保持素食习惯，热爱艺术，偶尔喝点酒，年轻时从未做过违法的事。 菲拉给孩子们的问题是： 如果我告诉你们，在这3个人中，有一位会成为众人敬仰的伟人，你们认为会是谁？猜想一下，这3个人将来各自会有什么样的命运？（大家也可以猜想一下） 对于第一个问题，毋庸置疑，孩子们都选择了C；对于第二个问题，大家的推论也几乎一致：A和B将来的命运肯定不妙，要么成为罪犯，要么就是需要社会照顾的废物。而C呢，一定是一个品德高尚的人，注定会成为精英。 然而，菲拉的答案却让人大吃一惊。“孩子们，你们的结论也许符合一般的判断，但事实是，你们都错了。这3个人大家都很熟悉，他们是二战时期的3个著名的人物——A是富兰克林.罗斯福，他身残志坚，连任四届美国总统；B是温斯顿.丘吉尔，英国历史上最著名的首相；C的名字大家也很熟悉，他叫阿道夫.希特勒，一个夺去了几千万无辜生命的法西斯元首。”学生们都呆呆地瞅着菲拉，他们简直不相信自己的耳朵。 “孩子们，”菲拉接着说，“你们的人生才刚刚开始，以往的过错和耻辱只能代表过去，真正能代表一个人一生的，是他现在和将来的所作所为。每个人都不是完人，连伟人也有过错。从过去的阴影里走出来吧，从现在开始，努力做自己最想做的事情，你们都将成为了不起的优秀的人才……” 菲拉的这番话，改变了26个孩子一生的命运。 “原来我们都觉得自己已经无可救药，因为所有的人都这么认为。是菲拉老师第一次让我们觉醒：过去并不重要，我们还有可以把握的现在和将来。”孩子们长大后这样说。 有一位心理学家说过这样的话：你对孩子怎样描述，他们就怎样以你描述的样子成长。你说它是个无赖，他就会慢慢变得像个无赖；你说他聪明，他就可能真的变得十分聪明。 许多成人不断在用自己的偏见扼杀孩子的美质，他们自己却一点儿都不知道。 这是第二次世界大战中的一个小插曲，它发生在1944年圣诞夜。 靠近比利时国境的德国亚尔丁森林有间小木屋，住着一户人家，娘儿俩是为逃避盟军轰炸才躲到这儿来的。 这时，突然响起了敲门声，母亲慌忙吹熄蜡烛，打开了门。门外站着两个头戴钢盔的士兵，身后还有一个躺在地上，血染红了雪。其中一个人操着听不懂的语言，母亲马上知道他们是美国兵---德国的的敌人。 美国兵不懂德语，母子俩又不懂英语，幸好双方都讲几句法语，母亲瞧着那伤得很重的美国兵顿生恻隐之心。 两个美国兵一个叫杰姆，另一个叫洛宾，伤兵叫哈瑞。他们与自己的部队（第一军）失散了，在森林中乱闯了3天，饥寒交迫，走投无路。 母亲吩咐儿子：“去把赫尔曼捉来，还有6个马铃薯。”赫尔曼指的是那只唯一留着的公鸡，本来打算等被征去当民防消防员的父亲可能回家过节时一同享用的。 正在布置餐桌时，又有人敲门。这次门外站着四个德国兵。 儿子吓得浑身不能动弹，因为窝藏敌军要作为叛国罪论处的，母亲虽然也害怕，但是镇静地迎了上去，说“圣诞快乐！” “我们找不到部队。能在这里休息一晚吗？”带队的下士问。 “当然。”母亲说，“还可以吃一顿热饭。可是，这儿还有三位客人，你们也许不会把他们当朋友。我们要过对话圣诞夜，不许在这里开枪！” “是美国兵吗？” “听着，”母亲严肃地说到，“你们，还有里面的几个，都可以做我的儿子。今晚，让我们忘掉这回事吧。” 四个德国兵一时呆住了。母亲拍了几下，“话已经说够了，请进，把枪支放在屋角柴堆上，该吃晚餐了！” 德国兵恍恍惚惚听话地放下了全部武器，美国兵也照样做了。 德国兵和美国兵紧张地挤在小屋里面，表情十分尴尬。母亲神态自若：“这下赫尔曼不够分配了，快去再拿一些马铃薯和燕麦来，孩子们都饿坏了。” 当儿子从储藏室回到屋里时，发现一个德国兵正在检查哈瑞的伤口，不共戴天的仇敌仿佛成了一家人。这种奇特的休战持续到第二天早上。母子俩用两根竹竿和仅有的台布制成一副担架，让哈瑞躺上去，随后把客人们送出门外。德国下士指导着地图指点美国兵怎样走到自己的防线上去，然后互相握手道别。母亲激动地说：“孩子们，但愿你们有天都能平安回到自己的家。上帝保佑你们。” 德国兵和美国兵朝着相反的方向走去，消失在白茫茫的森林里。二战时期，在一座纳粹集中营里，关押着很多犹太人，他们大多是妇女和儿童。他们遭受着纳粹无情的折磨和杀害，人数在不断减少。 有一个天真活泼的小女孩，和她的母亲一起被关押在集中营里。一天，她的母亲和另一些妇女被纳粹士兵带走了，从此，再也没有回到她的身边。人们知道，她们肯定是被杀害了。因为每天都有人被杀害，死亡的阴影笼罩着每一个人，人们谁也不知道自己是否能活到第二天。但当小女孩问大人们她的妈妈哪里去了，为什么这么久了还不回来时？大人们沉默着流泪了，后来实在不能不回答时，就对小女孩说，你的妈妈去寻找你的爸爸了，不久就会回来的。小女孩相信了，她不再哭泣和询问，而是唱起妈妈教给她的许多儿歌，一首接一首地唱着，像轻风一样在阴沉的集中营中吹拂。她还不时爬上囚室的小窗，向外张望着，希望看到妈妈从远处走来。 小女孩没有等到妈妈回来，就在一天清晨，纳粹士兵用刺刀驱赶着，将她和数万名犹太人逼上了刑场。刑场上早就挖好了很大的深坑，他们将一起被活活埋葬在这里。人们沉默着，死亡是如此真实地逼近着每一个生命。面对死亡，人们在恐惧中发不出任何声音。 人们一个接一个地被纳粹士兵残酷地推下深坑。当一个纳粹士兵走到小女孩跟前，伸手要将她推进深坑中去的时候，小女孩睁大漂亮的眼睛对纳粹士兵说：“刽子手叔叔，请你把我埋得浅一点好吗？要不，等我妈妈来找我的时候，就找不到了。”纳粹士兵伸出的手僵在了那里，刑场上顿时响起一片抽泣声，接着是一阵愤怒的呼喊…… 人们最后谁也没能逃出纳粹的魔掌。但小女孩纯真无邪的话语却撞痛了人们的心，让人们在死亡之前找回了人性的尊严和力量。 暴力真的能摧毁一切？不，在天真无邪的爱和人性面前，暴力让暴力都看到了自己的丑恶和渺小。刽子手们在这颗爱的童心面前颤抖着，因为他们也看到了自己的结局。