In his novel ‘The Green Mile' Stephen King uses the dominant
discourse of power to reflect the attitudes and cultural beliefs of Southern USA in the 1930's, while contrasting these beliefs to today's society. The concept of power used in ‘The Green Mile' illustrates that when it is abused the consequences that can and will transpire have a harmful effect on everyone involved.

The abuse of power intertwines with several different ideologies
in ‘The Green Mile'. Justice can be identified as the foremost
significant abuse of power in the novel. Those who had power positioned
themselves so that they could take full advantage of their situation, while those who did not have power couldn't act without being disgraced in the process. The level of power one person possessed was determined by various reasons, from something as simple as religion to family history.

Stephen King clearly shows in the novel that the dominant reading
is that power is a way of life.......

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Title: The Green Mile
Approximate Word Count: 917
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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