Forth Entry: February 2, 2014
The Green Mile
by
Stephen King
Part1:
Reflect:
One way or another, we are all on death row,
just for the simple fact that we are living, since the surest thing in life is
death. So, Stephen King wrote a very well metaphor for a reflection on people's
motivations in life, and what may come from our dreams and nightmares,
depending on what we are doing from and for ourselves.
This is a story
about people who were condemned to death and the guards who took care of them
in the big depression times (1929 and so on) - right at times when many people
committed suicide after losing everything. A time of depression is also a time
which carries a need for reflection: people under depression have to consider
the value of things looking at their past and their present.
Connect:
In the story, the guards have to sneak out
the so called criminal in order to help someone else. They did something wrong
in order to do something good. Some time ago i was on the internet talking to
one of my friends who was having a hard time with life and there family. Me
being a good friend I wanted to talk to him about it so i could help them deal
with their emotional pain. It was past one o clock and my mother decided to
take the laptop. My friend was left all alone with no one to talk to. I didn't
want to go to bed with out clearing things up with them. So I sneaked into my mother’s
room to get the laptop and modem, and then I went back in my room to finish my
conversation with my friend. Yes, I wasn't supposed to be on the computer, but
I felt as if I had to finish talking to my friend, so that i could help them
with their problems. I did something wrong in order to do something right.
Question:
Does the conflict ended by the unbalancing of
the sides, when John Coffey heals her, ridding her of her figurative opponent?
Does it resolved, by John Coffey, when he passes Mrs. Moore’s disease unto him?
Prediction:
I think the author’s message
to the world is that a wonderful gift can be in a disguise and not to judge the
book by the cover. John Coffey was a prisoner convicted of rape and murder.
John had a gift of healing. He could take in the hurt and pain of something,
and take it away from the owner of it. When the sheriff saw a large black man
at the scene of the crime he jumped to conclusions. There was no physical
evidence that john did what he was accused, but because of his size and race,
it was easier to accuse John.
Part 2:
THE GREEN MILE
Here I sit within these walls
Wishing like hell I could make some calls
Here I stand behind this fence
Wishing like hell I would have had some sense
Now here I am walking that green mile
And believe me it's not with a smile
