The Green Mile: It's a Miracle and a Relic

Lyda 2022-06-13 09:03:47

I always felt like a very cold-blooded person-or a very weak person. I get chills and goosebumps (really) when I see tear-prone episodes in movies or books. One of the episodes that made me cry was the episode in Oliver Twist (book) where the old thief Fagan was taken to the dock. I can't stop crying over that old thief. The Green Mile will cry too, but there will be no sense of despair. Stephen King ended John Coffy's pain with death-the pain of perceiving the world's pain. Dickens showed the coldest part of human nature-hatred, the cold without mercy....

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The Green Mile quotes

  • Paul Edgecomb: John, do you know where we're taking you?

    John Coffey: Help a lady?

    Brutus "Brutal" Howell: That's right. But how do you know?

    John Coffey: Don't know. To tell the truth, Boss, I don't know much'o anything.

  • Melinda Moores: Why do you have so many scars?

    John Coffey: Don't really remember, ma'am.