Pg. #35-48

In pages 35-48, quite a lot happens. Firstly, we learn that although Andy stopped Bogs Diamond (the former top sister) from raping him and other people, the rest of the sisters still continued to mess with him. Fortunately, it was not as hard, or as often as it was. Andy also asked Red to get him a half-dozen rock blankets, and a poster of a felale celebrity. Andy had requested Rita Hayworth, and of course with Red's connections, he gave Andy both. Andy hung Rita hayworth in his prison cell, and used the rock blankets to polish several pieces of quartz which he soon gave to Red as a gift. Soon after, Red and Andy were chosen to work tarring the roof of the license-plate factory. As they, and several other men chosen for the job as well, were working on the roof, Andy overheard the guards that were supervising them work, talking. The warden at the time, whoose name was Byron Hadley, was talking about how his brother died, and that he willed a bunch of money to him, and that his wife thinks its hers too. Andy, being the "hot shot" banker he is, walked over to where they were sitting and explained to him that money is all his. As the other guards threaten to throw him off the roof if he didn't go back to his work, Hadley actually started to listen. They spoke some more about the matter and ended up sealing a deal in which Andy would fill out all of Hadley's IRS papers, in exchange for cold beers for him and his fellow workers. I like this part of the book, because the employees at Shawshank are starting to give Andy a little respect because of how smart he is, and how good he is with numbers. The part that really makes me want to keep reading, is that nobody really knows how smart and capable Andy is... yet.