A classic is timely, it resembles the time in which it was written. My book Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, in my personal opinion isn’t timely. It takes place in a prison, and is just the life of a man sent to prison who is determined that he is innocent, and he just tries to survive. This whole story takes place from 1940 to 1960’s, and I don’t really think prisons made a big impact on that time. Although, a classic is also timeless, and I believe this story is timeless story. It shows that after patience, resilience, and simply beating the odds you can reach your goal or your dream. This story resembles hope, and how it can set you free.

A classic is around years after it first appears. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption isn’t really spoken of today. Although, it is one of Stephen King’s most remembered and best rated story, but that doesn’t make it a classic. The story has been around for twenty eight years and is still being sold in book stores, so that could be considered “around” for many years. The story is very well written, so that might be why it is still being published and sold. The language and connections being made in the writing goes hand and hand with the setting and time of the story. This makes this story unique because it is a man who never lost hope, and he eventually prevailed over all and received his dreams and received his redemption. That’s why I think this book is a classic




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