![]() ![]() He and his colleagues Brutal, Harry, and Dean are constantly frustrated by the behavior of Percy Wetmore, a young guard who behaves cruelly toward the inmates, making the atmosphere on E block violent and unpredictable.Īfter the execution of The Chief (a Native American convicted for drunkenly killing a man in a fight) and the transfer of The Pres (who murdered his father by throwing him out of a window) to another section of prison, Eduard Delacroix arrives on E block. ![]() Paul believes in showing compassion toward the death-row prisoners. E block has the nickname “the Green Mile” because of the color of the tiles in the long corridor leading up to the electric chair, where condemned inmates await executions in their cells. As his narrative shifts back and forth between 1932 and the present, Paul explains that his goal in recounting this earlier period of his life is to provide a detailed account of one time during his career when he had serious doubts about his job.Īt Cold Mountain, Paul supervises E block-the equivalent of what is commonly known as death row. ![]() ![]() From the relative tranquility of his nursing home (“Georgia Pines”), Paul Edgecombe recounts his time as death-row supervisor of Cold Mountain Penitentiary in 1932. ![]()
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