Jenny Escalante
English 1301.221 W E
Ms. Stacey Burleson
November 14, 2007
Jenny’s Essay 4 Ideas

Social Issues
There are three social issues seen throughout the novel, The Green Mile by Stephen King.
The first social issue is the most obvious--the death penalty. Paul has killed many men at the prison. Sometimes the executions go smoothly and sometimes they don’t. Edward Declacroix caught on fire and his eyes burst. He did burn six people but did he really deserve that? John Coffey was innocent yet he still met his fate in “Old Sparky”. The death penalty punishes bad people but sometimes innocent people pay the ultimate price for justice.
The second social issue is people like Percy Wetmore, the scum of society who makes life impossible for everyone else. Percy is such a pain that Paul compares him to Brad Dolan, a man who bothers him at the retirement home. Percy beats the prisoners, causes Declacroix’s mishap, and does whatever he feels like at the prison.
The third social issue is that Paul never actually tries to set John Coffey free. He knows John is innocent from the very beginning. He knows Coffey is different from the rest. Paul goes through a lot of time and trouble to get information on John, but never tells the warden.
The social issues in the novel are the fairness of the death penalty, people who do no good in the world, and the lack of courage to do what is right.

Essay4 Harter

One of the social issues that keeps coming to my attention in The Green Mile is racism. Had John Coffey not been a black man would he have received a fair trial and not ended up being put to death for a crime he did not commit? Does that still happen today? How many of the inmates on deaht row that belong to a minority may not have ended up there had life been more fair (or less racist) to minorities? Did their life experiences drive them to commit the crimes that put them where they are today?

Effects of Technology

Technology can be both beneficial and detrimental to society. Technology has affected society and its surroundings in many ways. It has vastly developed over decades giving luxury to people that can afford it. Though some books and movies have made up a story about how technology could cause a major devastation or malfunction, we have not faced it yet. In the novel "Cell" a Pulse is sent through cell phones causing people to turn into a crazy homicidal frenzy within minutes. “The Pulse” is the result a group/government trying to use technology advancement to control/manipulate people. This is one way technology can be detrimental. I will write about more problems with technology such as pollution and genetically modified foods.

Essay 4

Racism has been and is still today a big factor in America, and a lot of people might not think it is. But, truthfully it is and I have experienced it in the past with friends. Racism can be against a wide variety of people and not just African Americans; it can range from any kind of race. Not only can it be what you look like, but what you wear! A lot of people judge people on how they look instead of getting to know who they really are. If some people these days would just take the time to get to know someone for who they are not what they look like or how they dress, then maybe this world would be more civilized. Racism is a lot bigger than what many people think it is today, and maybe it is because it is becoming not as big of a deal as it used to be.

After reading the novel Misery by Stephen King, I have decided to write my essay about, Should people with mental illnesses be accountable for their actions as much as people who do not have a mental illness. For example, Is it justifiable to let someone walk away from prison in two or three years after murdering her children after she was diagnosed with mental illness?I plan on researching both point of views on this subject. I'm not even certain that I share a point of view just yet . I guess that I'm leaning towards taking it easy on the mental illness person because I have a sister in law that has a mental illness and if she had broken the law in some type of manner and I was on the jury it would be hard for me to convict her because I know how bad her mental illness really effects her. It does bother me when you hear people claim to have mental illnesses to get a lighter sentence.

Cody's Essay 4 Ideas

There are some underlying social issues that are apparent in this story. One is the fact that the majority of the people in the story take advantage of modern technology, such as cellular phones, and to their dismay it becomes their downfall. This raises the question to whether we as humans should implement such an array of technology into our everyday lives. Another underlying social issue is how humans' natural instincts and primitive traits are brought out whenever there is no means of moral judgment. There are a lot of other social issues in this book, and I will find out what they are as soon as I complete the novel.

Luis Vela - Why Don't You Pick on Somebody Your Own Size

On my 4th essay, I will talking about the being accepted. Nowadays, if your not the most handsome, gorgeous, or liked person. People did to treat you different and really don't care who you are. Some people may be an outcast due to some mental, physical problem they may have. The story Carrie is about a young girl that is not socially accepted by her peers. Her mother is very religious and tries to get Carrie to follow her beliefs. After being picked on, there comes a point where Carrie becomes very fustrasted and she then finds out about her special powers. Carrie ends up going to a prom and it's suppose to be a very special moment and it ends up with 2 of her school mates standing on a beam above Carrie and her date and they poured blood all over her when he and she were crowned. Carrie ended up using her power and killing everyone in the hall. She locked all the doors and the whole place caught on fire. She just wanted to be accepted but people had other things in mind for her.

death penelty essay 4. Butler

im going to do my essay 4 over the death penelty. it is a big thing in todays world and in the book. one of the biggest thing would be putting people to death that are innocent but cant prove there innocence. that is a problem with it. as of right now that is my only thing against it. it would be alot better if people that spend life terms would just be put to death so that our money wouldnt be spent making them stronger and smarter so they could write books or something. but i mean the people that are put to death that are innocent no one really knows that there innocent except for them or by what they say. but it still is a problem. but i believe if some one is convicted to death they should be put to death shortly after. instaed of pushing it back every time it gets close to time. the death penelty is good though. if some one commits a high enough crime they should be put to death. it saves them having to wait for it to come and saves money. but like in the green mile with john he was and innocent man that was in the wrong place just trying to help

Fornue, E. Essay IV thesis idea

After reading "The Dead Zone" written by Stephen King. I realized that there were issues from psychotic anger to rape. From deep sleep comas to psychic abilities and fame. In the book Greg Stillson has an anger management problem. Frank Dodd raping all those victims and finaly comminting suicide. John Smith in a four year coma, his psychic ability and wanting to defuse the media about his psychic capability. After doing some thinking I finally made my desicion to go with the coma route. Having a loved one in a coma position is difficult for people. With the expenses of keeping the loved one alive. Doctors advising you to pull the life-support. To Hoping the loved one awakes before money runs out and having to pull the plug. If the loved one made it, the issues of being in a coma state for various days to years. In John Smith's case which he lost the love of his life Sarah during his four year coma. The thought of feeling like beautiful precious time was stolen from you. So my thesis will surround coma effects. What effects does the patient have during and after a coma? How does a loved one in a coma state affect the family? What laws are in effect on coma issues?

Fred Gundermann Essay IV Stephen King

I have read the book Carrie and i really aprove of it but i must say im not to much of a reader but this book got me hooked and i can only say that the movie makes it look like crap. The main incedent that takes place is that carrie hit her period (first) and knew nothing about it and never knew what was happeing untill the girls in the gym class started to chant plug it up. she really never was the accepted type so it made matters worse. of course if a daily teased person gets completely humiliated like this somthing is bound to happen a magnatude greater than the origanal heartbreak. once she gets teased gose to principals office then gose home she discovers she has powers( of course she has powers why else would it be a book if not then it would be in the mind of Stephen king still, something has to be farfetched.) she gose on ignoreing that the incedent happened and sue asked her boy friend to take carrie to the prom and did so. Chris was another young lady involved in the canting along with Sue. Chris was rejected from prom for the chanting, and she decided to get carrie back. the plan was to spill pig blood all over her when she becomes queen. it was rigged thanks to fred, an acomplice to the blood spilling. and when prom night came Carrie got Queen and the pale fell. she got pist off and used her powers to lock doors shut. set off fire sprinklers witch short circuted the sterio equipment starting a fire. Carrie left the school but held the doors shut thanks to her telekanisis. she went threw the town desrtoyed all fire hydrants so the fire will keep burning. She went home to kill her mother for all the pain and such and they got into it and Carrie ended up with a kleiver in her left carrar bone. she killed her mom and left the house. the kliever strill remained in her while walking throught the town. also the mother constantly abused her and yelled at her for her not doing the right thing acording to jesue christ. she was a religious freak. she came across chris and billy trying to leave the Hop and killed them by causeing the car to swurve into a tree and she made it explode. she also was seting all the places in town on fire as she went home. she last came across sue in a parking lot and asked for help she wanted her mother and felt cold sue was holding her and she died then and there. then there were court reveiws over what had happend in the book as the last chapter and it seem to be that everyone that went on the stand as a witness could not say that they truley saw carrie do these things cuz those who did were killed. they just put it on her. they said if felt like it was carrie or carrie wouldve snapped......but she got what she wanted and that is what we see today at all the school shootings now.

Keith Beanland's Essay 4 Topic

I am going to write my essay about the effects of discrimination. In 'Salem's Lot there are many instances in the novel where the main characters were gossiped about and discriminated against simply because of the fact that they were new and unknown to the towns people.
Discrimination is simply a cheap tool used when someone has nothing better to say for lack of knowledge about that person or persons. In this essay I'm going to write about how discrimination has effected the world and use many examples. I will also include examples of discrimination that is still going on in today's world.

essay 4 ...trace

well at first i had a hard time finding a subject, then our group realized that we should use the novel as a springboard for our subject. i read 'Salem's Lot and in the novel a major issue was discrimination from the community. it affected every aspect of the plot. so i decided to write about the entire american people discriminating against all muslims. many people do not realize that the people who flew into the trade centers were barely even considered muslims. they are extreemist, rradical and not peaceful. true muslims are calm and peaceful in all aspects of their life. i will write about the problems of the us citizens discriminating.

jeremy's essay4 idea's

I will be writing about the dead zone. In the book the dead zone Johnny sees a premonition of the future about a polititian named Greg Stilston. In the premonition , Johnny sees that Mr. Stilson future will lead the world to death and destruction, and thus the end of mankind. So Johnny decides he must assassinate Mr. Stilson to save the world, my question now is if you could see the future would you attempt to change it. I would be using examples of history that could be changed and its implications, and also when bad things happened in history that turned out to be better for the world in the long run.

The Death Penalty

As I was reading "The Green Mile", the subject of the Death Penalty kept haunting me. I believe that the Death Penalty is justified in certain situations such as for serial rapists, serial killers, and repeated child molesters. We shouldn't have to feed and house these "soulless people".
Imagine if your child was a victim of a serial rapist. Suppose she had been totally devastated, and possibly would be throughout her entire life. Her rapist may as well have killed her. She would be more likely to commit suicide, suffer alcoholism, suffer drug abuse, and probably have some sort of sexual problem for the rest of her life. She would suffer from the constant fear of being raped again, and more than likely suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Her chances of having a normal, happy, and meaningful life would be next to none. That is no kind of life for her to live. And the people that she's surrounded by, the one's that love and care for her, suffer as well. That awful excuse for a human being; the one that raped her also killed her. Maybe not in the literal sense, but everything she once was, is gone now.
It takes forever to come to terms with being raped, and go on with your life. Not everyone is strong enough to get over certain traumatic events in their lives, if they are able to at all.
The Law says that all citizens have to pay taxes. These same taxes feed, clothe, and house these sorry excuses for human beings. Convicted murderers on Death Row have the freedom to write stories and get royalties from selling the book(s) that they write. They even get more money if one of their books is made into a movie. I believe that this is very wrong. That's not the kind of message that I would want to send the victims of these God awful crimes.
Some people believe that it's okay for these convicts to go on living their lives. I do not agree. I cannot help think about their victim(s), and their victim(s) families. Justice has to intervene, or killing, raping, and molesting will keep progressing.
Now don't get me wrong, not all people on death row should be executed. There are special circumstances in many cases. Some murderers are on Death Row for killing a repeated child molester who hurt, or possibly killed one of their relatives or a loved one. I don't believe in taking the law into your own hands, but I can certainly understand why someone would want revenge for molesting, raping or killing their loved one.
In King's novel "The Green Mile" Paul, the Head Guard has a hard time coming to terms with putting a gifted man to death. John Coffey is a huge black man, he's kind of slow, and he's a gift from God. He has the power to heal and sometimes he can revive the dead, but he has to do it within seconds of their deaths or it doesn't work. Coffey is convicted of raping and killing two little girls, that happen to be twins. Coffey found the girls out in the woods, and tried to save them, but it was too late. The law catches Coffey with both little girls in his arms; their bloody heads lying on Coffey's chest. Although he is innocent, Coffey is tried and convicted of the little girls rapes and murders. Paul struggles knowing that Coffey is innocent, and wants to try and figure out a way to save Coffey, but Coffey wants to die. It's Paul's responsibility for making sure Coffey's executed, and since Coffey wants to die, that makes Paul's job a little easier. Paul has a better chance of living with himself, as well as having a better idea of what he's going to tell God when Paul makes it to the Pearly Gates.
The Bible tells us that we do not have the right to take a life. Only God has the right for revenge, but it also states an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth. When our forefathers started this Nation, they based our judicial system on the Bible. Prisoner's were put to death for such things as stealing horses or cattle. We have came a long way since then. The Law tells us that we cannot kill another human being. The Law says that if we do kill another, we will be put to death, as well.
A convicted murderer should die. They should suffer the same fate as their victims. Maybe that will make someone think harder before they molest, rape or kill little girls and boys. I know that some of you reading this may think that this sounds pretty brutal, but life is brutal. If you take a life, you should expect to die as well.

Shae's Idea of Racism!!! Is it still an issue in today's society.

My issue comes from the book "The Green Mile" by Stephen King. This book was about a man telling a story of his experience working in a penetentiary on death row. He retells the the events of how his life changed when a man named John Coffey walked the Mile. John Coffey was a black man who was accused, charged, and sentenced to death for the murder and rape of two white girls.
I feel as though regardless that Coffey was captured with the two dead girls in his arms, he still deserved a fair trial. He did not receive a fair trial basically because he was black. If there had been a white man holding those girls they would have taken every resource to prove that the white man was innocent. Racism is still an issue today. A lot of people dont feel it is an issue anymore because they dont see the burning crosses in the yards of black people and the lenchings like back in the day but, it still thrives.
I am totally against racism. It is not fair for people to be judged by skin color, religion, race, and etc.

♥MarTia♥- essay 4

if you have the power to see the future, should you be obligated to use your power to intervene and change things, or just let nature take its course and let whatever is going to happen happen?? this is the topic for my essay. in the novel the dead zone john smith can see the future, and he is using his power to help people in some cases and stop things from happening. but should he be obligated to do those things? i don't think so. of course for his own welfare, and for the welfare of those he loves or cares for, he'll want to, or even be glad to, but i don't think he should be obligated to do it. maybe he shouldn't intervene at all. but if i knew that something bad was
going to happen that would affect me or someone i cared about, i'd definitly interfere. but no i dont believe that he should be obligated to. there are too many bad things happening everywhere for him to possibly solve every problem, but if they are big, drastic things, then i'd hope that you'd want to help. but everything happens for a reason, right?? well, i know this sucks, and my ideas aren't all clear, but yea

zach's ideas on essay 4

I believe that the death penalty should not be enforced. First, I do not believe anyone is beyond redemption. Second, I belive that the death penalty is emoral. Finally, the death penalty expresses that revenge is justified.
I believe that no one is beyond redemption. I think that everyone deserves a second chance. Poeple should not be killed because of there mistakes. Gandi said that "a eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind". I do not believe that killing someone is in anyway justice. If a someone is found guilty of murder they are treated like the scums of the earth. Not that Im saying that we should be all lovy dovy with them. But when we go and kill the killer what does that make us. We killed a person. The person might of been a criminal but either way if you kill someone you are a murderer. It just doesnt make any sense. If someone kills someone they are condemed but if we kill the killer we are rewarded. that dosent make sense. I believe that are propally a couple of good people on death row. People whbo are truely sorry for their crimes. Im not trying to say that i think they shouldnt be punished, but i think killing them is a way to extreme. Life is precious and i do not think any human being has the right to take it away from someone.
I belive that the death penalty is emoral. I think emoral is a understatement. I think it is disgusting. It makes savages out of people. People say that murders deserve the death penalty because they killed out of cold blood. Do we not do the same when we execute them? Its not like the "executioner" is against what hes doing. The excecutioner probally thinks what he is doing is right and probally thinks the person desreves to die. The electric chair is especially emoral. Sending electricty through someones body till the die. Thats horrible.
Finally, I think that the death penalty jutifies revenge. It makes it a legal way for the familys of the murderers victim to seek revenge for there family member. People think that if the killer is killed justice is served. But what of the mother, child, family of the killer. Why could anyone put that pain on another family, when they knew how much it hurt.

I do not beleive the death penalty is justified. it is emoral and it makes people think that revenge is justified. No one deserves to die and no one is beyond redemption.

Steven Barajaz Essay 4 Ideas

I'm going to write my 4th essay about the reasons and effects of outcasts, because in the book "Cell" by Stephen King there are many social issues but the social issue that stuck out the most to me was, how easily humans can outcast there own just for there own benefit or so they can be part of a whole group. In the book people were exiled by there own, because they had killed a large group of zombies, and the zombies warned all the others that these people were to be left alone, and nobody should associate themselves with them. This isn't just an issue in a book, you see this in every school or workplace, in our society and it's not exceptable. Every group of people seem to always segregate and discriminate against another group or person which is maybe just the least bit different. Maybe their hair is not as pretty, they weigh more or less, they "talk funny", etc. but whatever the excuse its not right. It happens for the most part, because someone who is popular, does not like someone, and they just want to make it known that these people shoudnt be liked or that nobody should have anything to do with these people.

Angel Travis's essay 4

Well in 'Salem's Lot there was an underlying issue of stereotyping and social outcasting steaming from gossip. Form there a world of problems flow.
Illegal immigration fuels numerous arguments should we build the wall or not, should we deport all ppl of Mexican birth that are not American nationals yet, regardless of family ties.
From one little rumor a war can begin, race wars, gender wars, religion wars etc.
A prank can lead to a war in no time at all.
As Americans we have a responsibility to the rest of the world.
We are the melting pot of all nations, creeds, sexes ,orientation etc. we can not allow ignorance to destroy our country, education is our best defense.
I am going focus my essay on immigration.
The wall between the US and Mexico should not be built.
If we build a wall there then we need to fence in the entire country. why should we allow some people to come here and not others.

Tibaldo-essay4

If you knew something terrible was going to happen would you change the future? In kings book The Dead Zone John Smith goes into a coma and when he comes out of it he can see the future. He sees a man, greg stilson, and what he plans on doing and decides he has to change it. But that is they question the book raises, if you knew something bad was going to happen would you do everything in your power to do so. I mean i would not want to see the future, but if i had the ablity to change the fure i dont knwo if i would. That is a hard quetion to answer. It is hard to say if you would change the future if i could. For example if you knew that 9-11 was going to happen would you have done what you could have in order to save all those people? I would have, i would have gone and done everything physically possible to make sure that those planes never left the airport, then we would not be in a war and we our nation would more soldiers alive today.

Jessica Benson Essay 4

My topic I believe is going to be racism/prejudice. My novel was 'The Green Mile'. I chose this topic because it is something that we still face in today's society. Prejudice is never a good thing. My stand on this topic is against. I believe people should not be quick to judge or make decisions based on color, gender, age, IQ or anything, but based on a person as a whole. Our government has the power to make laws that enforce being against being prejudice or a racist. I know in some places that it is illegal to discriminate, but do people honestly enforce it? We should make the laws more strict and make the consequences more fierce. Another thing I do not like, is when people get into an arguement and all of a sudden call the other person a racist because they are being called out. For example: A white male and a black male get into a heated discussion about how there is more poverty in this world and it is mainly minorities. After about 10 or 15 minutes the white male might say something personal, but not racial, to the balck male and he might get defensive and say "Oh, is it because I am black?" Now the white male is seen as a racist even though what he might have said wasn't racist at all. It is really hard sometimes to be put in situations where someone might think you are a racist or a sexist even when you are not. I wish the world could see its people as people and not by color, class, gender or orgin. It makes it really hard to be able to have the freedom of speech, but you have to watch everything you say and every move you make. My father was a veryu racist man and it always bothered me because a few of my friends were black and my best friend is vietnamese. He would always make excuses about how I couldn't go out with them because I had family things to do. It hurt me personally because I was just a kid who wanted to play with my friends. I never saw it as a black or white issue, ever. I believe in equal opprotunity and equal rights. People say it's an impossible goal to reach, but I beg to differ. In my mind it is one of the easiest goals in life to accomplish. Do not judge. It is a personal matter, but we are in a world that is surround by diversity and it should be seen as a beautiul thing. To learn about other cultures and how people live. There are so many idea's on this topic and I want to hear what you think! Thanks for listening to me ramble.. I hope it makes sense.

Similarities between our Society and Zombies

Society is very easy to compare to the vast changes that the citizens had to go through in Stephen King's Cell. The lack of a government structure, when the anarchy had spread, was what threw many people over the edge. Once there were no more laws to apply, the basic instinct to survive was brought out in man. In the book people killed each other over trying to find a place to live during the day, so they could then move around during the night. In Germany during WWII choas and panic was everywhere for the jews, they did everything to try and escape the nazi's, "the organized zombies". The propaganda of Hitler and the "Harved Zombie", is very similar. Hitler used propaganda posters to deture the jews, while the Harverd Zombie used mental telepathy to send threats and visions of death to the the normal people. During the book, the people learn that the only way they can get around is to move at night, since the zombies roam during the day. This is extremely similar to how the slaves would move up north during the night, since it was much easier to get caught during the day.

Zombies Everywhere!

It's quite easy to compare society to the brainless zombies in Stephen King's novel Cell. We tend to group together and follow a hive-mind like mentality. Take the recent release of Halo 3. Gamers everywhere flocked to stores like the undead to brains, and the groans of the half asleep didn't help with their zombie like image.

It's not just rampant consumerism that we flock to. People will follow the media, religion, and the government without quiestion or thought. A great example of this is the Nazi propaganda that was floating around during World War 2. Many Germans got behind the Nazi regime because they thought that they were doing something good and that they would bring Germany out of the depression that was caused by the first world war.

Josh Aki ideas essey 4

Should you be obligated to change the future just because you happen to have the power to. Is it your job... i think that if you are the only one that can stop it then there is.... Because in this book John Smith has a vision and sees that a man named greg stilson is going to like end the world. So john is trying to stop it....but many say that he should have to just because he knows this is going to happen. But i say yes he does...he is the only one who knows about this so yes he should feel some amount of obligation.Greg stilson is also running mayor which gives him even more power. But john smith knows what going to happen before it does. Ok i dont know what else to tell you about so i am done....thank you.

Essay 4 Ideas-DRollins

Essay4- Hearts in Atlantis.....Hmmm.....When I first started reading Hearts in Atlantis, I didn't know what to think. I didnt know what to write about. But then I started thinking...What's up with this Ted Brautigan Character? What is he really here for? Is he hiding from someone? Why does he have Little Bobby as his lookout? Who are these Low Men that are after him? Ted has a special power that some government officials want him to use in the war. What is the issue here? Should he use his power or should he continue to hide and stand his ground? I believe that if you have a way to possibly help someone then you should. You should always put someone elses best interests before your own. It is better to give then to recieve. All of these issues are exciting in my mind....its keeping me in suspense as I read and I would like to keep you that way until I write my paper. Where will this story take us next?