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Stephen King's The Green Mile

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“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” (Stephen King). Stephen King is arguably the best author in the world, and considered one of the best authors of our time. He has many hits such as The Shining, Carrie, Misery, The Shawshank Redemption and many more. One of his most famous novels is the serial novel The Green Mile. The story is about Paul Edgecomb, a guard at Cold Mountain State Penitentiary who one day meets prisoner John Coffey, a massive black man convicted of brutally killing a pair of young sisters. Coffey had the size and strength to kill anyone, but not the heart to Beyond his simple, innocent nature and a fear of the dark, Coffey seems to have a supernatural gift. Paul begins

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