<p> The Green Mile</p><p>Chapter summaries and highlights</p><p>Part 1: The Two Dead Girls</p><p>Ch. 1: Setting October (fall) of 1932/State Penitentiary at Cold Mountain on E block (death </p><p> row)</p><p>Nicknames for the electric chair- Old Sparky and Big Juicy</p><p>Introduced to narrator (Paul Edgecombe-block superintendent, has a UTI) Ch. 2: more characters who were regular guards on the mile~ Dean Stanton, Harry </p><p>Terwilliger, Brutus (Brutal) Howell, Percy Wetmore (truly the brutal one and has govt. </p><p> connections)</p><p>John Coffey- prisoner, seems “lost,” giant black man</p><p>Tension introduced between Percy and the rest of the guards</p><p>Eduard Delacroix (another prisoner, short Cajun man who has Mr. Jingles/Steamboat Willy </p><p>(nickname for Mickey Mouse) as a pet) Ch.3 silent: Foreshadowing Percy causing problems/ Paul mentions Detterick twins whom </p><p>Coffey was accused of murdering</p><p>Ch. 4 silent: Introduced to the Detterick family (Klaus and Marjorie (parents), Howard </p><p>(12) and the twins Cora and Kathe—prosperous farming family in Trapingus County. </p><p>Coffey was caught literally red-handed and howling. He mentioned that he “ ‘tried to take it</p><p> back, but it was too late’” (43).</p><p>Ch. 5: Paul’s UTI again… Ch. 6 silent: Warden Hal Moores (straightforward, best of the wardens, his wife Melinda is </p><p> ill with cancer) wants to see Paul about Percy’s treatment. Paul receives notice about new </p><p> inmate William Wharton nicknamed Billy the Kid. Moores writes to Paul and underlines </p><p>“’This man just doesn’t care’” (49; ch. 6). Moores advises Paul to “stick with it” because </p><p>Percy wants to transfer to Briar (another state institution with better pay and easier job). </p><p>Paul concedes to put Percy “out” for Delacroix’s execution to help get rid of him.</p><p>Ch. 7: More inmates introduced The Chief (Arlen Bitterbuck and Indian who will be put to </p><p> death in the chair shortly) and The President (who will be sentenced to life and not death)/ Toot-Toot is in charge of the “holy-rolling” food wagon. Mouse introduced and the guards </p><p> feed it and joke around that it’s a new “screw” (employee). Brutal makes note of it in the </p><p> log book (someone will later erase it to not get into trouble). Mouse hides out in the </p><p> restraint room and is very human-like.</p><p>Ch. 8: Fast-forward to winter and Brutal and Paul find the mouse’s hiding spot in the </p><p> rafters of the restraint room where the mouse has kept peppermints and part of a colored </p><p> spool for thread (you’ll find out later why). Reader also discovers that John Coffey is the </p><p> last execution that either Brutal or Paul took part in. Part 2: The Mouse on the Mile</p><p>Ch. 1: Fast forward to Paul in a nursing home with an orderly (Bill) who reminds him of </p><p>Percy</p><p>Ch. 2 silent: Bill Dodge (a sub guard) is introduced. Percy tries to throw his billy club at it, </p><p> but the mouse ducks! Men join forces against Percy and try to teach him how a good guard </p><p> should act, but he doesn’t care or listen.</p><p>Ch. 3: Paul has an interesting discussion about heaven with the Chief. Another scene with </p><p> feeding the supernatural mouse. Ch. 4 silent: Bitterbuck’s (the Chief’s) execution. The guards practice with Toot Toot. The </p><p> mouse observed.</p><p>Ch. 5 silent: Execution of Bitterbuck takes place. They have to shock him a second time </p><p> because his heart was beating disorganized. Percy slaps Bitterbuck after he is dead. Point </p><p> is made that we all look the same dead no matter guilty or innocent.</p><p>Ch. 6 silent: Paul talks about writing a letter to his wife before they were married. Paul </p><p> admits that Coffey “felt sorrow for the whole world…something too big to ever be completely eased” (119). Paul also admits that “talking” was the biggest part of the job and</p><p> that he tried to comfort Coffey.</p><p>Ch. 7 silent: The Pres later is murdered in prison. Eduard Delacroix (speaks in a dialect </p><p> that is a mixture of French and English) is beaten severely by Percy with his baton. Brutal </p><p> and Paul admit that they hate Percy.</p><p>Ch. 8: Delacroix tames Mr. Jingles who whispers to Delacroix what he wanted to be called. </p><p>Delacroix requests a cigar box to keep the mouse in, and Percy is frighteningly nice to </p><p>Delacroix, just waiting for the right moment to pounce. Paul discovers later that Moores actually told Percy that he could be out front for Delacroix’s execution when Percy </p><p> threatened to have Paul reassigned. </p><p>Part 2 cont.</p><p>Ch. 9: They get the box from Toot, and Percy even supplies the cotton from the infirmary. </p><p>Delacroix gets peppermints from his aunt, and he shares them with Mr. Jingles, whom he </p><p> also teaches to roll an empty spool across the floor. Ch. 10 (silent): Introduced to William Wharton (Billy the Kid) a bit more. Warden Moores </p><p> tells Paul that Melinda, his wife, has a brain tumor.</p><p>Ch. 11: Dean Stanton is injured by Wharton during the transfer from the hospital to the </p><p>Green Mile. Wharton tries to suffocate Dean by wrapping his chain from handcuffs around </p><p>Dean’s throat. Wharton pretended to be drugged and just bided his time. Percy just stood </p><p> there, and Paul pulled his gun.</p>