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Cultural Context
Key Moments
| KM | Quotw |
|---|---|
| Furlong stays with his men... good emplyer | “ Furlong didn’t wish to linger… felt proper to idle there for a while, to thank and wish his men well” |
| Furlong is appreciated as a husband and father | “We’ve not a penny owing and that’s down to you” |
| Furlong's background | “has come from nothing” “jeered and called some ugly names” |
| Furlong's mother... Eileen's blow | “there’s girls out there that get in trouble, that much you do know.” “The blow was cheap” |
| Response to Sarah | “one of those wans from the laundry” “gave them a wide berth” |
| Bill's empathy with the suffering of others | “pulled over and offered him lift and gave him what bit of change was loose in my pocket.” |
| Bill would get himself into a... | “a world of trouble” |
| Nun's veiled threats | “It’s just that there’s so many nowadays. It’s no easy task to find a place for everyone”. |
| Mrs Kehoe's warning | “they’re all the one” |
| Norton's threats | “I’ll not have the Lord’s name taken in vain in my prison. |
| Andy's mocking note to the warden | “Dear Warden, You were right. Salvation lay within” |
| Warden's favourite bible passage and his excuse for torturing the prisoners | Watch therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house cometh” |
| Andy's background | “vice president of a large Portland bank” |
| Red's opinion to Andy at first | might’a been important on the outside, but in here he was just a little turd in prisons grays” “considered to be snobby” |
| Andy's way | “quiet way about him that just wasn’t normal around here”. |
| Suds on the roof | “three beers apiece for each of my coworkers" |
| Phrase concealing the safe | “His judgement cometh and that right soon” |
| Eileen questioning Bill's decisions | "You know some of them bring the hardships on themselves" |
| Bill worries about his girls going out into... | "the world of men" |
| Girls in the laundry considered to be of | "low character" |
| Power show in TSR | "You eat when we say you eat" |
| Red believes Andy is using the poster to satisfy his... and... | "girly fetishes" "to keep his mind occupied" |