Quote #1
"No," Andy said, " but you don't impress me as being terribly sensitive, and I doubt very much that, if I were feeling suicidal, I would take my problem to you" (King 23-4).
Commentary- For lack of better terminology, this person who was questioning Andy just got "rashed" on. This was so cleverly said by Andy that it should be read over and over again just to appreciate it.
Commentary- For lack of better terminology, this person who was questioning Andy just got "rashed" on. This was so cleverly said by Andy that it should be read over and over again just to appreciate it.
Quote #2
"Since I am innocent of this crime, sir, and since I am telling the truth about throwing my gun into the river the day before the crime took place, then it seems to me decidedly inconvenient that the gun was never found" (24-5).
Commentary- This is another instant where the DA person questioning Andy got "rashed" on. He keeps trying to get Andy to make a mistake but that isn't working at all because Andy is just firing back at him and showing him up in front of the audience.
Commentary- This is another instant where the DA person questioning Andy got "rashed" on. He keeps trying to get Andy to make a mistake but that isn't working at all because Andy is just firing back at him and showing him up in front of the audience.
Quote #3
"They say it has no memory. And that's where I want to finish out my life, Red. In a warm place that has no memory" (75).
Commentary- This is a common quote from this book. It shows the reader about what prison can do to you. It takes away all freedom so the prisoner is only there wishing for the tiniest bit of freedom and that's all they care about.
Commentary- This is a common quote from this book. It shows the reader about what prison can do to you. It takes away all freedom so the prisoner is only there wishing for the tiniest bit of freedom and that's all they care about.
Quote #4
“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free" (84).
Commentary- Again, this is another quote that shows the reader about what prison does to you. The loss of freedom can really do a lot to a man. You don't realize that until you lose that hope however.
Commentary- Again, this is another quote that shows the reader about what prison does to you. The loss of freedom can really do a lot to a man. You don't realize that until you lose that hope however.
Quote #5
“Get busy living or get busy dying.....there ain't nothing in-between” (96).
Commentary- This is the most popular quote from this book. It is saying that you have to get busy living and enjoy yourself in the prison or die trying because life isn't worth it if you don't.
Commentary- This is the most popular quote from this book. It is saying that you have to get busy living and enjoy yourself in the prison or die trying because life isn't worth it if you don't.