Inner Journey in The Shawshank Redemption
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The journey is central to many films. Discuss how aural and visual codes are used in your film to convey meaning about the journey you have been studyin in class.
"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end."
A journey is defined simply as the act of travelling from one place to another. However, this definition by itself does not fully encompass its meaning to people. Individuals, even if unintentionally, yearn to voyage, reflect and dream. An inner journey for a human may consist of a journey through one's birth, redemption, and self-knowledge . In light of this as the quote suggests, although each journey has an end which one seeks to reaching, the act of journeying is what is most important.
In the film Shawshank Redemption, redemption and the subsequent spiritual rebirth are found in an unlikely place, the Shawshank prison...