Personal Narrative Essay On Shawshank
Paragraph 1: I’ve done it. I’ve escaped Shawshank. I am free. The sound of thunder rolls through the area as a bolt of lightning splits the midnight sky. Soon it begins to sprinkle, the little water droplets begin growing larger and failing more frequently. I rip off my prison shirt along with my white tank top and raise my arms as the rain cascades down on me like a waterfall. Each drop of fresh water cleanses my filthy skin and erases the last 25 years I had spent in the prison. As I stand there savouring my freedom, I think back to my first day at Shawshank…
Paragraph 2: (Flashback) – Past Tense
It was a cold November day when I first entered the gates to hell. A sat quietly on the bus along with a dozen or so convicts all heading to the same fate. Prison. The place where the free comes to die. Beyond those iron gates, freedom was a myth, a legend in a child’s fairy tale. And to say I was nervous would be an …show more content…
The once light rain has now turned into torrential downpour. The cold, bitter wind encases my rain soaked skin and my once warm body is now numb. I felt free for the first time, the hard work and sweat washes off in the rain and I feel renewed and whole. I have finally gained what I’ve always wanted. Freedom. I am free to live my life and free to do whatever I want.
Paragraph 4: Flashback – Past Tense
We were so close but yet Red seemed so far. We were oceans apart. I lived in the world of hope yet Red was drowning in his broken dreams. We both lived in a place surrounded by metal bars. But for me within the cold, lifeless walls of Shawshank. I saw freedom. I’d dreamt of living in Zihuatanejo, a little place in Mexico, and opening my own hotel along the beach. While Red was convinced that he wouldn’t last a day in the real world. He was an institutional man, he had spent most of his life in prison and during that time Red had given up on his dream of
Paragraph 2: (Flashback) – Past Tense
It was a cold November day when I first entered the gates to hell. A sat quietly on the bus along with a dozen or so convicts all heading to the same fate. Prison. The place where the free comes to die. Beyond those iron gates, freedom was a myth, a legend in a child’s fairy tale. And to say I was nervous would be an …show more content…
The once light rain has now turned into torrential downpour. The cold, bitter wind encases my rain soaked skin and my once warm body is now numb. I felt free for the first time, the hard work and sweat washes off in the rain and I feel renewed and whole. I have finally gained what I’ve always wanted. Freedom. I am free to live my life and free to do whatever I want.
Paragraph 4: Flashback – Past Tense
We were so close but yet Red seemed so far. We were oceans apart. I lived in the world of hope yet Red was drowning in his broken dreams. We both lived in a place surrounded by metal bars. But for me within the cold, lifeless walls of Shawshank. I saw freedom. I’d dreamt of living in Zihuatanejo, a little place in Mexico, and opening my own hotel along the beach. While Red was convinced that he wouldn’t last a day in the real world. He was an institutional man, he had spent most of his life in prison and during that time Red had given up on his dream of