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 * __Whatdid the inmates do to keep their connection to humanity?__ **

= = ==Most of the inmates includin gAn dy have their own way of keeping their connectio ns h umanity. Most of t he co nnections are little symbols or the few activities they had, like betting on who ’d b reak down and cry, the beers on the roof, and the inmates put their names on th e walls of their cells as one of the few marks they had on life. Andy’sconnections were a little bigger than the rest of the inmates; he had all of hi s projects.==

==One symbol was Andy’s bible. That was ‍an iro nic symbol ‍ because the warden had said that ‘he’d find salvation within”with the bible. His bible turned out to be a secret case for his little pickaxe,and with the pickaxe he built a tunnel right through the wall to freedom.==

==Some of the other ‍i nmates kep t ‍their connection by gambling, that was when they bet to see who c ried firs t, and they bet using cigarettes as a currency. Another one is when theywere all drinking beer on the roof, and red had said “we were all free men fora moment”. One more interesting connection was when Brooks and Red had puttheir names on the wall at the home they had stayed at, as a reminder to allthey knew most of their lives, their cells.==

==Andy’s connectionswere his four projects. Three of them were public projects, and one was asecret one. His first one was shaping and carving the stones, the second wasbuilding the library, and the third was teaching the new guy. His secretproject was the tunnel to freedom. All of these were his connections tohumanity.==

==The main inmates in thestory had their own connection to humanity. Some were personal, some werepublic. For others all they’re connections had to do with prison, because theyspent most of their lives ther, they were “institutionalized”.==

Great Job Kodie. Some very thoughtful observations. Way to go!

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