green mile (paul edgcombe)

Paul Edgecombe A Peculiar Man Paul Edgecombe, the narrator of Stephen King’s novel The Green Mile, is a character faced with many moral dilemmas. He works at a job where he sees injustice and the judgment of the state placed on the inmates there. Looking at the economic situation of society, he sees good men going without work and unable to provide for their families. "Better men than me were out on the roads …

…the ceiling of his cell, weeping his silent tears, or putting his arms over his face. I want you to hear him, his sighs that trembled like sobs, his occasional watery groan. (p.103) Paul can’t forget about the time he spent on the Green Mile; he doesn’t want too. He is writing this memoir to make sure other people know about what went on there 1932, so it won’t disappear after he does.