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This 11 page paper provides an overview of the characterizations and narrative style of The Green Mile. This paper outlines some of the elements of the film as well as Stephen King's novel. Bibliography lists 5 source.
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the pace of the narration, and the use of mise-en-scene are all components that influence the views of Kings central characters and the force of their interactions. The development
of mise-en-scene and the creation of a narrator who is capable of foreshadowing, prediction and interpretation (the omniscient narrator) are two distinct factors that influence an understanding of both the
film and Stephen Kings novel The Green Mile. In understanding these elements, it is important to view both the creation of elements of the film and an interpretation of
the character development in the film and the corresponding novel. The narrative form promotes a complex understanding of two characters who seem somewhat simple, inmate John Coffey and guard
Paul Edgecombe. These two men become increasingly complex, based on the use of the narrative and the distinctions that are made because of their true selves.
Overall Form and Dynamic The overall form of the narrative is based on Paul Edgecombes reflections and his narration of the story of John Coffey. Though
Edgecombe reflects on the fact that his narrative is one of his own life on the Green Mile (death row) at Cold Mountain, he focuses the details on the lives
of just a few prisoners, including John Coffey. Edgecombes reflections, though, address some major themes, including his own efforts at supporting a humanity towards prisoners, the conflicts that occur
when men like a guard named Percy show no mercy for prisoners on death row, and his own belief that sometimes what seems to be true isnt. The obvious,
the easily explainable, is not always the truth. The use of the narrative form, both in the novel and in the film, places a significant amount of emphasis
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