"The Green Nile" is a story told in flashback by elderly Paul dgecombe. He tells the story to his friend from nursing home. He tells about summer 1035 when he worked in prison in Louisiana's Cold Mountain Penitentiary. His domain was colled Green Mile, because prisoners that wenty on execution said that they walking there their last mile on the floor with green linoleum.
One day to Edgecombe prison arrived a muscular, 8 foots tall, African-American, John Coffey. He was condemmed to death for killing two young, white girls. JOhn COffey showed very fast that he is very sensitive and emotional person, moreover he is affraid of the dark and he cried very much. Coffey had also extraordinary healting power. He healed Paul Edgecombe and he resurrected a mouse. Later, he healted a very ill Warden Hol Moores (boss of Edgecombe) wife, she had brain cancer.
In the same time new worker came to prison. Percy Wetmore was sadistic and cruel executor, who had pleasure from killing people and watching how they are in pain. He was the nephew of govemor's wife, he always repeated that he knew big people and he could