Pg. #68-80

In this part of the novel, Andy is beginning to get tired of prison, and he misses being a free man. Warden Norton purposely transferred Tommy Williams to another jail, preventing any chance Andy had to get out of Shawshank State Prison. Norton is being extremely selfish; he wants Andy to do all of the banking in the entire prison so he simply cannot have him leave. Norton hates Andy, and is doing everything in his power to make his life hell at the prison, and Andy still continues to do his dirty work. Andy is so sick of Shawshank Redemption he starts to talk to Red about where is is going to go once he leaves the prison, and wants Red to come with him. He speaks about a town in Mexico called Zihuatanejo, in which he wants to live after he escapes and hopefully open up his very own hotel. He tells Red about a specific black volcanic rock in Buxton, Maine. He says along a hay field there is a rock wall that faces northwest. Somewhere along the wall, lays this rock. Before Andy was formally charged, he quickly set up a fake ID, social security number, credit card and bank account all under the new name Peter Stevens, with help from his now deceased lawyer friend named Jim. Under the rock lays the key to Andy's safe deposit box in which all of these things are present. This was Andy's plan. This part of the novel was neat because it explained how clearly thought out, and neatly organized Andy put things in place to get out of Shawshank even before he was sentenced. I can't wait to find out if he follows through with his plan, and if it even works.