Shawshank Redeption

In the movie The Shawshank Redemption, how is Andy Dufresne “similar” to Jesus? Who do Brooks and Red represent?  
      In the movie The Shawshank Redemption, the audience witnesses the strength of a man who can accomplish what is viewed as the impossible. Andy Dufresne possesses many similar qualities to Jesus Christ. The first resemblance is his two life sentences in prison for a crime he did not commit. Andy Dusfresne is the hope-bringer at the Shawshank prison in Maine – and proclaimed that hope can be found in the lives of the prisoners, just as Jesus who proclaimed that hope can be found in a life lived in God.   A short time after Andy has been held within Shawshank prison, he performed a miracle very similar to one that of Jesus Christ - the changing of the water to wine. Although it may not have been wine that Andy Dufresne conjured, he received cold beer for him and his cellmates after a hard day’s work. During this scene, Andy sits apart from the group, in the light – this represents that he is different. This is also where Andy gives his cellmates a chance for redemption – similar to Jesus who is forgiving all of people’s sins.   Andy was the only free man who was held prisoner, and it was through him that hope came to everyone at Shawshank. Almost every prisoner held within the walls of Shawshank is institutionalized – they depend on Shawshank for survival and can not live a life on the outside. Throughout the movie, Red is constantly warning and reminding Andy that “hope is a dangerous thing”.   Despite Red’s advice, Andy continues and successfully brings hope through the library and music. Another resemblance to Jesus, is that Andy Dufresne survived what others named unachievable – for example: the two month sentence in isolation. Many of the prisoners declared that it was impossible to maintain sanity after just one week, yet Andy survived sixty days. This is similar to the forty days Jesus spent in the desert.   Another example is Andy’s escape...