So the class watched an interesting movie, green mile. i shant talk more about the plot, so i shall go straight to how i felt after the movie. After the movie, theres a few incidents that really made me think about. theres: is capital punishment fair in the movie? did percy get what he 'deserved'?...and did john coffey really didnt mind dying? In the movie we saw 3 prisoners dying on the electric chair. for the first two prisoners, we did not know why they are convicted to death. but at that time, did we feel unfair for them? did we even want to know the reason behind what had landed them in this state? i believe most of us didnt. i think most of us thought that it was fair that they received the sentence. and it was 'enough' or okay for what they had done. but the fact was, we dont know. this controversy made me ponder, in real life how many of these thoughts do we judge people base on this. not knowing the reason that person have and just judge him by what happened in front of you. so now would you feel that the sentence was fair? but back to the movie, the third prisoner, john coffey. we knew he was innocent but he still died in the end. so you pity him, but what about the first two, did you pity them if you would have supported capital punishment in the movie? so my question is, is capital punishment fair in the movie? well now i would think the system is quite unfair and rigid. as in did justice means taking away another person's life? was it justice the one who gave us the permission? i dont even think that we can have permission to take away our own life. okay percy, well it was obvious he was hated throughout the movie. he humiliated john when he was escorting him to his cell, he broken three of del's bones, he crushed mr jingles, he destroyed del's dream of mouseville just before the execution, he fry del alive and he always threaten the other officer with his uncle's authority. so was all these fair to him when he became like a ''vegetable'' an idiot or psyco in the mental hospital? there was a vote in class and most of us thought it was alright and just for his ending to be like that. was it tragic enough for him and for yall? well i think that it was too much and well it could not reverse the incidents. it took away his everything, but i felt that if he was to change into a better person that would be enough. it was said that an eye for an eye but if it was like that and no one forgives, wouldnt the world be in chaos ploting revenge on the wrongs done to you? okay in the movie i really think that john was a very interesting character. he actually chosen to die in the end, he felt that the world was filled with grief and pain. i believe that to him, he would rather die than to endure the sufferings that he can feel. well i cant judge if he was fair to himself and yall can seriously think about it. it has been quite a long post. stop here. till then get out of my blog!
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