story begins in 1948 when Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank prison. In contrast, he is not a hardened criminal but a soft-spoken banker who is convicted
killing his wife and her lover. Like everyone in Shawshank, he claims to be innocent. Red, the narrator of the story, is known as the guy who can get stuff. He
also gets unfairly treated by both the guards and the other prisoners. In the Shawshank, Andy gets some troubles that threaten his life. Therefore, he struggles
to keep alive and avoid getting more troubles and the more important is to get free from Shawshank. The third is about the main character’s struggle. Here, the
readers can see the main character, Andy Dufresne, struggling to live as a result for being unfairly treated by the other characters in the story. First, he has to
defend his own in the court session. After that, he also finds other problems that must be solved in his live in prison until he escapes from the prison.
As a result, from those three ways, I am interested to analyze the novella mainly about the main character’s struggle to live, the second way. In order to
understand more about the novella I also watch its movie as the secondary sources to analyze the novella.
B. Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study are to describe the main character, Andy Dufresne, in the novella and to show one’s life struggle for being unfairly treated
as seen in Andy Dufresne, the main character of Stephen King’s Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.
C. Problem Formulation
From the background and objective of the study stated above, some problems appear. The problems of the study are formulated as follows:
1. How is Andy Dufresne described in the novella?
2. How does Andy Dufresne react to his experiences of being unfairly
treated in the novella?
D. Benefits of the Study
The study of the Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption hopefully helps readers’ especially English Language Education Study Program students
understand one of the Stephen King’s works, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Expectantly, this study gives more ideas about the main character’s,
Andy Dufresne, life struggle because of the other characters’ behaviour. This study is expected to give contribution to this field of study, that is to
understand more about literary work especially Stephen King’s work, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Through this study, the readers can get
some lessons on how to survive for being unfairly treated in their own surrounding life. Therefore, the main character’s Andy Dufresne experience can
be learned by the readers who deal with their own struggle. At the end, the suggestions for the implementation of the novella to English learning activity are
presented. Expectantly, it will enrich teachers’ materials in teaching English to develop teaching learning activities. Moreover, after reading this study, the
teachers can conduct a lesson using this study.
This study also enrich my knowledge about the author’s work, especially Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, and his style on writing a story.
Moreover, I also get the moral lessons from the story which teaches us about friendship and struggle.
E. Definition of Terms
