His powerful gift and ultimately in his innocence. The guards, lead by Paul Edgecomb, come to believe in both Stature and diminished intellect mask a soul in agony, for he is constantlyīuffeted by the evils of the world he truly does feel our pain, all of He is also an empath and he has the gift of healing. Sort of modern Gospel it is after all set on Death Row, with prison guardsįor apostles and the Messiah is a gargantuan simpleton who is also blackĪnd awaiting execution for the brutal murder of two young girls.īut John Coffey (get it, even his initials are J. Reason-one assumes it is simple discomfort with genuine religious beliefs-KingĬops out again and misses a golden opportunity to produce a really significantĪt first glance folks may resist the suggestion that this book is a Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon) and indeed, The Green Mile is almostĪ direct rip off of the story of Jesus Christ. In Stephen King's recent writings (see Orrin's review of The Much has been made of the supposed emergence of a new spiritual aspect
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