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The novel ends with Paul all alone, now 104 years old, wondering how much longer he will live. Characters Main characters Paul Edgecombe The protagonist and narrator of the book and the death row supervisor at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. He is 40 years old when the bulk of the story takes place, in 1932.
- Stephen King
- 1996
Cold Mountain Penitentiary is the main setting in the novel The Green Mile, as well as the film adaptation. It was the prison where Paul Edgecombe worked. In the Penitentiary there was a Death-Row Wing that the guards called The Green Mile, where prisoners John Coffey, Eduard Delacroix, and Arlen Bitterbuck were executed by the prison's infamous electric chair, Old Sparky.
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Biographical information. Age. 44 years (1935) 108 years (1999) Born. 1891. Died. 2000 (Possibly) (Aged 109) Status. Likely Deceased. Gender. Male. Family information. Relatives. Jan Edgecomb (wife) Unnamed Son. Affiliation. Occupation. Prison Guard. Movie info. Portrayed by. Tom Hanks (young) Dabbs Greer (old) Appearance. The Green Mile.
Apr 12, 2024 · The Green Mile hints that narrator Paul Edgecomb lives to be significantly older than the average human. Paul, played by Tom Hanks, is established to be 108-years-old in 1999. This explains how Paul’s son was already an adult when Paul worked as a prison officer in Cold Mountain Penitentiary in 1935, putting Paul at 44 years of age when John ...
- Frank Darabont
- Tom Hanks
The Green Mile tells the story of Paul Edgecombe, a prison guard at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. In the present day, Paul is an old man living in the Georgia Pines nursing home. At the end of his life, he feels compelled to tell the story of an inmate named John Coffey. Coffey was the only inmate to ever make Paul question the nature of his job.
He also reveals that he is now 108 years old; he was 44 when John was executed. While Elaine sees Paul's long life as another of John's miracles, Paul speculates that he may have been condemned to linger on Earth and outlive all of his loved ones as a divine punishment for John's execution.
Jan 1, 1996 · Featuring a first-person narrative told by Paul Edgecombe, the novel switches between Paul as an old man in the Georgia Pines nursing home writing down his story in 1996, and his time in 1932 as the block supervisor of the Cold Mountain Penitentiary death row, nicknamed "The Green Mile" for the color of the floor's linoleum.
