The Green Mile
For the options assignment, I watched the movie The Green Mile. This movie is based the on novel The Green Mile by Stephen King. This movie is a flashback of Paul Edgecomb's days as a prison guard. He was the head of the Cold Mountain Correctional Facility in the E block. The death row prison where he worked was also known as "The Green Mile" because of the dark green linoleum that was on the floors. He has watched numerous inmates come and go through in his block, but one inmate had caught his attention. When John Coffey was brought to the E block, something about his demeanor had caught Paul's attention. Despite his size and the fearsome crimes for which he's serving time, John Coffey seemed to be a kind and well-mannered person who behaved more like an innocent child than a hardened criminal. Soon Paul, and two of his fellow guards, Howell and Stanton, noticed something odd about Coffey. They noticed that he was able to perform what seemed to be miracles of healing among his fellow inmates. This healing power lead Paul and his fellow guards to wonder just what sort of person John Coffey was, and if John could have really committed the crimes with which he was charged. The main theme of this movie was about a man
The ideas in this movie support class lectures and readings. Each character in The Green Mile had a few different reactions and ideas of what could be done to save John Coffey's life. Paul, for example, felt like he should maybe help John "breakout" of prison and have him become a freeman in a sense. He straight out asked John if he should just let him go because he was innocent. Of course John refused to do so because he although he may have some freedom, he would still be a fugitive. Paul eventually decided against his idea to let John "breakout" of prison because it would not have worked very well. Helplessness is another common feeling people have when faced with a situation they cannot control. Some of the feelings Paul, Howell, and Stanton felt were similar. They felt a sense of remorse for John and what he had to go through. Remorse is a common feeling for people to feel about someone who is dying. Paul and his fellow guardsmen also felt a great deal of helplessness and lack of control. There was no possible way that they could free John of his charges, and since they knew he was going to die, they felt helpless. Their feelings of helplessness were overwhelming because they had never felt that way about an inmate before. Never before in their job had they had a man they honestly knew was innocent. Not being able to do anything about it was very frustrating for them, too. All the emotions they were feeling were starting to overwhelm them emotionally. Later in the movie, Paul had said that he quit his job at the Cold Mountain Correctional Facility son after John Coffey was executed because he became overwhelmed with emotion t
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Approximate Word count = 1117
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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