The Green Mile

As the narrator of The Green Mile, Paul chooses writing as his way of sharing the events leading up to John Coffey’s death in 1932. What is the significance of writing for Paul in the novel? Why does he choose this form as a way of remembering the story?

In the novel, racism plays out in various ways that doom John Coffey. Discuss at least five instances in which racial bias and structural racism obstruct Coffey from being proven innocent.

The Green Mile is a physical corridor that condemned men walk on their way to their deaths. It is also a metaphor for the blurry relationship between life and death. What are the various manifestations of The Green Mile in the novel? What are its physical, social, and religious connotations?