Shawshank Trap

Recently, I rewatched the classic movie "The Shawshank Redemption" and was very moved by the fate of Old Bull.

He is a librarian in the prison and has served his sentence here for more than 50 years.

His daily job is to push books around the prison for a few laps and then record the names of the borrowers.

The relaxed and comfortable days made Old Bull very satisfied.

He regarded this job as his full-time job and never thought of leaving until one day he was released on parole.

The endless flow of cars on the street made him panic; the towering buildings made him feel suffocated.

After being released from prison, he was assigned to work in a supermarket, but his aging and slow movements were always complained and criticized by customers. Living under high pressure, he couldn't even sleep well.

Old Bull, who lived in fear every day, chose to commit suicide a year later.

People are content with prison and die in freedom. This is the so-called "Shawshank Trap".

There is a very good saying in the movie: "When you first enter prison, you hate the high walls around you; slowly, you get used to living in it; eventually you find that you have to rely on it to survive." Such prisons are everywhere in our lives. It is the iron rice bowl that is so stable that you lose your enterprising spirit; it is the housekeeping skill that is so reliable that you gradually become numb. After a long time, you are at ease and happy with it. But as long as a small change happens, you will find that you have become a weak chicken and have no resistance to the "black swan". There is an old saying: change is smooth, no change is blocked; change is prosperous, no change is declining; change is life, no change is death. Similarities and differences in the currency circle