Evan Adams #8/13

"The people who run this place are stupid, brutal monsters for the most part. The people who run the straight world are brutal and monstrous, but they happen not to be quite as stupid, because the standard of competence out there is a little higher. Not much, but a little....I don't like the pills, either. Never have. But I'm not much of a one for cigarettes or booze, either. But i don't push the pills. I don't bring them in, and I don't sell them once they are in..."

Andy has finally made his way up as far as his status in Shawshank. After his advising of the guards, Andy was moved into the library. He also became a financial advisor for many of the shady people at the prison, including those that push pills.

When Red approaches him and asks him how he feels about managing the money of drug dealers, Andy replies with this quote. He is saying that the world of prison is not much better than the world outside of prison, but because it's the real world, the tolerance of stupidity is lower, therefore the standards are higher. This quote is interesting, because many believe that prison is a completely different world, when in reality, its just a concentrated version of the real world.

Book: King, Stephen. "The Shawshank Redemption." Different Seasons. New York: Viking, 1982. Print. (Page 43)
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