What do you think that fat guy did to get him in prison?
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MichaelMovieLoft — 9 years ago(April 17, 2016 09:02 AM)
Most likely a petty crime since he did not seem like the type of guy to do something major like what Red was in for, and what Andy got convicted for. The type of guy filled with regret for what he did but had to be punished.
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fyfytj — 9 years ago(April 17, 2016 02:46 PM)
I'm guessing it was some sort of accident, like a hit and run. Something he didn't mean to do, but his fear overwhelmed him and got him into more trouble than he was already in, just like what we saw in the movie.
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TxMike — 9 years ago(April 22, 2016 06:37 AM)
The fat guy was never in prison. It is fiction.
But the character was used to show us what the mood was in that fictional prison. When a "reason" isn't specifically shown in a fictional story then there is no reason. It simply cannot be derived or explained. The character was simply there.
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TxMike — 9 years ago(April 24, 2016 08:16 AM)
Have you been bothered all your life by someone who actually has an intellect? Who actually thinks about things before responding? Most of you kids here seem brain-dead.
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Gregolas01 — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 10:29 AM)
TxMike, since you seem to have missed the point of the question, let me explain. You are right that there is no reason given in the movie and that character exists within the story as a means of fulfilling a narrative purpose within our world. But there is still an "in universe" reason for his being there. When the characters ask each other why they are there, for instance, they admit the crime they committed (Red) or claim they are innocent (everyone else). No one says they are simply there or acts as though any other inmate is simply there. When there is no real world explanation for something within a story that people enjoy, part of the fun is in contemplating what the in universe explanation for those things might be. That was the intent of the original question.
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wordsatplaytoday — 9 years ago(April 23, 2016 10:29 PM)
Since he seems weak, maybe he went along with friends on a joy ride who stole a car or was talked into being the getaway driver during a bank robbery.
He could also have been framed or as the fall guy for someone else who committed the crime.
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jesusslovesyou — 9 years ago(April 23, 2016 10:53 PM)
Most likely was having having one of his typical nights raiding McDonald's and Dunkin'Donuts so he can be corpulent enough before hibernation to survive yet another winter.
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kedua — 9 years ago(May 12, 2016 08:19 PM)
Maybe FatAss is a parallel to Andy. At the end of the movie we learn that Andy was wrongly convicted, but ultimately gets his freedom, and revenge on the prison guards and the Warden. But at the start of the movie, during the "fresh fish" scene, were FatAss is pleading with Captain Hadley, he (FatAss) begs that hes not supposed to be here. Not him. So it is possible that FatAss is another wrongly convicted prisoner but, unlike Andy, never got his freedom.