rorybbellows wrote:
In the film ,The green mile, what is John Coffey supposed to be?
Not sure what you mean. Let's tick 'em off: He's a death row prisoner due to a travesty of justice; an extraordinarily sweet, humble, kindly, and simple soul even despite that injustice, and world-weary too; he's a scarily huge man; and he has some kind of natural miraculous power through the laying-on of hands.
That's all I've got. Is there something else?
I guess if I knew someone like that I might wonder if he were actually an angel. I don't think so, though; he was born of this Earth, after all, and could - and did - die. In any case, he was angel
ic. I think he's just supposed to be a mortal who's a once-in-a-lifetime marvel of human-heartedness and who also happens to have an unusual power.