The Green Mile

The Green Mile
(questions 34 – 50)

34) Compare Brad Dolan and William Wharton.
35) Explain “roll on three”. When was it used in the novel?
36) When and how did Wharton arrive at E Block?
37) What happened as soon as he arrived?
38) Who had a brain tumor and what happened to her?
39) How did Percy react to Wharton’s attack on Dean?
40) What does Paul think about old age love affairs?41) Compare Elaine to Janice.
42) How did Paul overcome his infection?
43) What happened to Coffey after he performed “the miracle”?
44) Why does Paul visit Hammersmith?
45) Make a list of all the times Hammersmith compares a black man to a dog.
46) What reasons does he have to do so?
47) Why does Paul believe John was innocent? Does he change his mind after his conversation with Hammersmith?48) Describe the USA after Depression.
49) How does Paul imagine Hammersmith’s son life in the future?
50) How many times does Wharton get the straitjacket and why?

34) Brad Dolan wasn't afraid of breaking the rules; he was only afraid of being caught breaking them, whereas William Wharton just didn't care.

35) Roll on three was used if the doctor listened with his stethoscope and heardheartbeats after roll on two. In the novel, it is used during the execution of the chief.

36) When Paul’s urinary infection came back, Wharton arrived, and all hell broke loose. He had been in hospital, perhaps he had hopes of being declared incompetent for reasons of epilepsy, but the doctors didn’t find anything wrong with him, so he was sent to Cold Mountain two weeks after John and a week orten days before Delacroix walked the Green Mile.

37) As soon as he arrived at E Block, he looked shot up with morphine. He was misleading them. Suddenly, when he was surrounding by Harry, Dean and Percy, he lifted his arms , dropped the chain which hung between his wrists over Dean’s head, and commenced to choke him with it.. Then, he flung Harry off. Percy was too afraid to act with hisstick, Brutal came in and solved the situation.

38) Melinda Moores had a brain tumor, she was getting sicker and sicker, and Paul was quite worried about her. After they found out that John could save people from illnesses, they took him out of E Block to Moores’s house and he saved her.

39) Meanwhile Wharton was chocking Dean with his chain, Percy only stood there, against the wall, hickorybaton in hand, staring with wide, stunned eyes. Eyes as wide as soup-plates. Here was the chance he’d been looking for, his golden opportunity to put that tallywhacker of his to good use, and he was too scared and confused to do it.
Percy kept his mouth shut once the excitement was over. This was probably the result of shock rather than any effort at tact – Percy Wetmore knew as much about tact as Ido about native tribes of darkest Africa, said Paul.

40) Paul thinks that being alone is terrible at any age, but it is worst during old age, because that is the moment when feelings like fear, homesickness, sadness and weakness are stronger, but if you have someone to be with you, those feelings are not so intense.
Quote: “The hand which had gone around my shoulders was now rubbing my back.I was beginning to calm. In that moment I loved Elaine Connelly, and could have kissed her all over her face as I told her so. Maybe I should have. It's terrible to be alone and frightened at any age, but I think it's worst when you're old”.

41) After years of being lonely, Paul finds a woman, Elaine Connelly (his special friend as he calls her), who reminds him in every way of his wife Janice(not just his ladyfriend but his bestfriend), who was tragically killed in a bus accident.
During his last years with Elaine, Paul compares her to Janice in aspects such as kisses (when Elaine kissed his forehead just above the eyebrow s), laughs, sayings (for instance when Elaine said “Poor John Coffey”, “and poor Paul Edgecombe, too”, reminded him of Janice saying "Poor Paul, Poor old guy”)....