Frank Darabont’s film, The Green Mile, shows great examples of compassion and empathy, being corrupted by power, and how the death penalty can have many negative affects on the people performing it and those related to the sentenced individual. This movie’s topics are very relatable to every person’s opinions, and are still very relevant to this day and age. This is why the movie is still very popular amongst people, because there are still to this day arguments whether or not the death penalty should exist. My personal beliefs will also be discussed and compared to the opposing opinion.
Firstly, corruption by power is often seen throughout history and today’s day and age. It is human nature to corrupt under power, the more some gets, the more they want. Many examples can be found, and can be related to Percy in the movie The Green Mile. Percy, being given a position of authority, gives him the confidence to stand over the prisoners and show his dominance. The fact he is smaller than most of the prisoners also gives him the classic ‘little man complex’ being heartless towards everybody to make up for his lack of size. …show more content…
Does anybody really deserve it?’ however many people also agree that it is needed and teaches people a lesson. The Green Mile shows how the death penalty can sometimes be ordered upon innocent people, or at least innocent enough to stay alive. This movie shows that even the compassion and empathy cant help as the law is the law and John Coffey had to pay the price for the actions he was believed to have done. The death penalty affects many people, not only the person being executed, but the people doing the job, the individuals parents, family, friends, etc. The two members from the Bali 9 are a perfect example of an extremely harsh judgment. Many people traffic drugs across borders, and the death penalty is a very harsh consequence to face, which in my opinion is
Firstly, corruption by power is often seen throughout history and today’s day and age. It is human nature to corrupt under power, the more some gets, the more they want. Many examples can be found, and can be related to Percy in the movie The Green Mile. Percy, being given a position of authority, gives him the confidence to stand over the prisoners and show his dominance. The fact he is smaller than most of the prisoners also gives him the classic ‘little man complex’ being heartless towards everybody to make up for his lack of size. …show more content…
Does anybody really deserve it?’ however many people also agree that it is needed and teaches people a lesson. The Green Mile shows how the death penalty can sometimes be ordered upon innocent people, or at least innocent enough to stay alive. This movie shows that even the compassion and empathy cant help as the law is the law and John Coffey had to pay the price for the actions he was believed to have done. The death penalty affects many people, not only the person being executed, but the people doing the job, the individuals parents, family, friends, etc. The two members from the Bali 9 are a perfect example of an extremely harsh judgment. Many people traffic drugs across borders, and the death penalty is a very harsh consequence to face, which in my opinion is