Shaw Shank Redemption

We have been watching the movie Shaw Shank Redemption in class, this is my first time watching it, but from what I have heard about it everyone who has seen it loves it and talks about how intense it is. We have yet to finish the movie but there was one thing from the movie that I was intrigued by. When the character brooks got released from jail and then soon after his release he killed himself. Although they got beat up in jail and it was not real life there, they made a life out of what they had. Being in jail for such a long period of time they got used to everything jail provided for them. thye got used to the life they lived. They all had their own indentity in jail and their own role. Going into the real world they didnt have an identity or role being gone for so long. Brooks didnt have a family or anything to live for so he killed himself. Although prison is nothing like life, they had friends and people to talk to, things to do. Being in their for so long they had a life. Going into world everything was so different, and its almost impossible to make the transition without help. As much as people wanted to get out of the prison, how do they know they can survive in waht is known as the real world?