Essay 4 Ideas

In the novel I read, The Green Mile, I saw quite a few social issues and problems. The ones that stood out to me though, were between Percy and the other guards and how Percy did everything HIS way and didn't discuss it with the other guards. I also thought how Percy didn't wet the sponge for the inmate was wrong as well. The inmate who was guilty for the crime that John Coffey was convicted of, didn't get executed for it because John was black. All of these issues state there were many social issues. So I think I might discuss how innocent people go to jail and are convicted of crimes they did not commit. I want to show how it is very important that you do catch and punish the correct people, not just assume. Of course it isn't going to be a race issue as bad as it was in the book, which was based back in the slave times. Don't get me wrong, there are still race issues, but our technology has made it easier to catch the actual victims and not let us be able to accuse someone else of doing it. It still happens though, and I would like to elaborate on that more.