![]() ![]() Without Jake or the others around, Brooks is very lonely. He also makes it clear that he is not adjusting well to life in the outside world. He told them all how astounded he is by the changes in the world and complains that everyone got themselves in a hurry. Some time later, Brooks wrote a letter to his friends in Shawshank. He takes a bus to his new home in the city. After exchanging a final farewell with the guards, Brooks steps out into the wider world. After that, the old man made his way to the prison doors. To signify the start of his new freedom, he lets Jake go free. With his last hope of remaining at Shawshank now gone, Brooks prepares to leave. Thus, killing Heywood was Brook's only way to stay in prison. Going into the outside world on his own, where he will be a nobody scares Brooks. He knows the system and is used to his surroundings and the routines that come with it. The old man has spent most of his life in prison. Red however, explains to everyone that Brooks only acted out because he's institutionalized. Later in the courtyard, Andy is still confused by all of this, whilst Heywood is now resentful of Brooks. To Andy's confusion and Red's horror, Heywood revealed that Brooks has just been paroled and that the latter grabbed him when he came in to offer his congratulation and farewells. Coming to his senses, Brooks released Heywood, dropped his weapon and burst into tears.Īs Andy attempted to comfort the distraught old man, Red tries to find out what the heck happened. ![]() Andy eventually managed to talk Brooks down, saying that they all knew he didn't really want to do this. Red and the others tried to talk him out of it, but Brooks, insisted that he had no choice and that it was the only way they would let him stay. Going to the library, they found an irate Brooks holding a knife to Heywood's throat. In 1955, a terrified Floyd informed Andy and Red that Brooks had taken Heywood hostage and was threatening to kill him. When Andy talks to Brooks about getting funds for a better library from the prison, Brooks is incredulous and thinks it is not possible to do so. ![]() Brooks shows him around the dilapidated library, comprised of nothing more than some old books and magazines. Andy finds this surprising as Brooks has never had an assistant in his 37 years as a librarian. In 1949, after Andy assisted Captain Hadley in avoiding paying his inheritance tax, Warden Norton appoints him the assistant librarian. He wheels it down to Andy, who discreetly takes it. After it is brought in through the laundry, Marcus places it into Brooks' rolling book cart, and pays him six cigarettes for postage. Later that year, Brooks was instrumental in getting Andy his Aljoreno. Brooks asked for it, and Andy is disturbed, thinking that Brooks means to eat it, but is relieved when he opens his coat and reveals his pet bird. Andy's first day at Shawshank, he sits next to Brooks, before noticing a maggot in his breakfast. Brooks found a crow hatchling who had "fallen out of a nest near the plate shop", and decided to care for the bird and name it Jake. ![]()
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