Redemption

The literal definition of the word “redemption” is the act, process, or an instance of redeeming (forgiven). When I as a human being think of redemption I think of it as a way to accept, forgive and move on after an instance of extreme, usually emotional, infliction. When we think of this in terms of prison, humans are put into isolation where they are given ample time to logically think of these trespasses and how they are paying for it with their lives. At the same time these people are doing very manual labor while getting ‘paid’ very little in order to redeem themselves to hopefully regain some rank again in society. In life where most of us live outside walls redemption comes in many different forms, although not all as painful. So when we as ‘free’ humans have interactions that cause pain all that is necessary in order to redeem ourselves is an apology. Other times it takes a little more than that but apologizing is always a good way to start. In the movie ‘Shawshank Redemption’ the author of the short story, Stephen King shows the audience how the main character is able...