A.J. Ward
The Green Mile
Stephen King
Fantasy
Challenge
320
1. The book The Green Mile the main character is named Paul Edgecombe, he is a prison guard at Cold Mountain State Penitentiary, every now and then he has to execute convicted murderers. Right now in the book a execution has just gone horribly wrong. This is thanks to another prison guard named Percy Wetmore. Paul put Percy in charge of the execution and Percy neglected to look everything over before the prisoner Edwaurd Delacroix was strapped to the electric chair. Percy didn't connect all the wires together and because of that instead of Delacroix being electrocuted he burst into flames as soon as the electricity was turned on.

2. So far i feel really good about this book, it is pretty sad sometimes but it is really well written. I like all the detail that the author uses to describe events like the execution, even though it was pretty gruesome i felt like I was actually there. I also like the way the author puts you in the main character, Paul's, shoes. You really understand all the decisions he makes, and how bad he really does feel for the criminals. It is a very good book.

3. The main theme that I have noticed so far in the book is toughness. The criminals, mostly convicted killers, have to wait for months in a prison cell under horrible living conditions to await their deaths. All these criminals probably deserve this considering they have taken away lives of other humans, however they still have to be very tough in order to live that way, just waiting to die.

4. My favorite character is Mr. Jingles. Mr. Jingles is a mouse who the guards found one night in the prison. Edwaurd Delacroix who was recently executed had a strong friendship with Mr. Jingles, he even taught the mouse how to do tricks. Mr. Jingles seemed to make everyone happy, except Percy who never seemed to be happy unless he was torturing one of the criminals, at the prison.

5. My least favorite character is Percy. Percy is a jerk, he is always hurting the prisoners in some way. He seems to like doing it too, the other guards are even skeptical about whether Delacroix being burnt was an accident. The thing with Percy is that he is related to the Governor and always gets what he wants, because if he doesn't then he will just tell the Governor and the person Percy is mad at will be in trouble.

6. Next I think Paul and the other prison guards will try to find proof that Percy fried Edwaurd Delacroix on purpose, then Percy will have to be fired. Percy has been awful to everyone at the prison since the beginning of the book, I feel like it is time for him to go. He is mean and not even any good at his job. All in all I predict, and hope that Percy Wetmore is on his way out.