
The Shawshank Redemption: Institutionalized Freedom (Galatians 5:1)
Brooks Hatlen was paroled after fifty years in prison. Free at last—yet he hanged himself within weeks. "These walls are funny," Red observes. "First you hate them, then you get used to them. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them.
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