After a banker is wrongly imprisoned for murder, he uses patience, expertise, and friendship to survive Shawshank and build a path to freedom.
- Scenes 1–8
Andy’s former life and conviction frame a banker whose apparent control has vanished.
- Scenes 9–10
Inside prison, Andy needs a way to survive without surrendering the inner self he is trying to protect.
- Scenes 11–30
Andy enters Shawshank and confronts its violence, hierarchy, and rules.
- Scenes 31–154
He adapts through Red’s help, builds the library, and slowly earns trust while preparing for freedom.
- Just before
- Scene 153
Tommy sits for his high-school equivalency test while Andy watches.
- Scene 154
Tommy worries that he disappointed Andy; Red reassures him.
- Scene 155
Tommy tells Andy and Red that his former cellmate Elmo Blatch confessed to killing Andy’s wife and her lover.
- Scene 156
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