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Indholdsfortegnelse
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption –Tasks for the Novella – written assignment
1. Describe very briefly (2-3 lines) the author (see Spark Notes – Context)

2. Give a brief (5-7 lines) summary of the novella (see Spark Notes – plot overview)

3. Make a character analysis of one of the following characters (see Spark Notes – Character List + Analysis of Major Characters) – find also at least 4 quotes from the novella for the character to describe him: (20 lines + quotes)
a. Red
b. Andy Dufresne

4. Analyze two of the most important themes or motifs (see Spark Notes – Themes, Motifs, Symbols (one from a-d and one from e-i) – find also at least 2 quotes from the novella to describe the theme: (10-15 lines + quotes)

5. Explain the title of the novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” – include at least 1 quote (3-5 lines)

6. What are the main differences between the film and the novella? (see also http://www.thereadventurer.com/1/post/2012/04/book-vs-movie-the-shawshank-redemption.html (5 lines)

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Uddrag
The author of the novella is Stephen King. Stephen was born on September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine.

Stephen was abandoned by his father just by the age of two. His mother, Nellie raised Stephen and his adopted brother, just by herself.

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We really don’t know that much about Red, he isn’t a man talking about his time before prison, his life, parents. We don’t know if Red is an educated man, but Red is actually pretty smart.

Red is a man everybody in Shawshank prison respects, he doesn’t get into any kind of trouble and is in some way a known man by everybody and knows everybody.

“At first I didn't think I was going to be able to make it on the outside at all. I've described prison society as a scaled-down model of your outside world, but I had no idea of how fast things moved on the outside; the raw speed people move at.

They even talk faster. And louder.” This really describes how long Red has been in jail, we somehow get this feeling that Red is pretty emotional in this moment, that’s a part of Red we haven’t seen before.