The Green Mile

As the narrator of The Green Mile, a 104-year old Paul , who lives at a nursing home called Georgia Pines, conveys the story of his time as a prison guard at Cold Mountain State Penitentiary. He writes his story in various starts and stops, often pausing to reflect on his present-day circumstances at the nursing home. After a mouse from Cold Mountain, Mr. Jingles, finds him all the way at Georgia Pines, Paul receives it as a sign that his time on earth is near an end and that he must share the events that transpired in Cold Mountain in 1932. By the end of the novel, the last person to know of his time working at Cold Mountain dies, and Paul waits for his own death.

In 1932, Paul is forty years old and supervising officer of The Green Mile, the name of Cold Mountain’s death row. He is a benevolent officer whose level-headed demeanor earns him the respect of Warden Moores and all the other attending guards, except for Percy Wetmore. While Paul harbors fear of inmates such as Wharton, his outward demeanor never betrays his inward emotions. His calm authority sets the

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