In the Green Mile there are two central characters that are flawed. One is an uneducated extremely large black man named John Coffey who has a remarkable gift to heal. Coffey in this tragedy is accused of raping and murdering two little girls and is sentenced to death by the electric chair. The second flawed character is a prison guard named Paul Edgecomb working the block that John Coffey is placed in. Paul finds out about Coffee's gift when he approaches his cell and Coffee grabs Paul, places his hand on him and heals his bladder infection that has been a very bad bother to him for quite some time.
             When Paul sees that Coffee has this gift, and after he heals his friend Warden Hal Moores' wife of fatal tumor he's not sure that Coffey is the man who committed the crime. Paul is faced with the decision to free a great creation of God or let him die wrongly and face punishment from God at his judgment day. Paul talks to Coffey and asks him what he wants him to do. Coffey tells him he's tired of feeling all the hate and pain in the world and just wants it to be done.
             In Grumpy Old Men, John and Max have been at each other's throats since they were kids. They always insult each other by calling one rude name and whatever the two do they compete against each other to be better. One of those things they compete against is they both ice fish everyday and Max always ends up with more fish than John. So one day after they finish fishing, Max has half a dozen fish and John only has two. So Max of course picks on him and John throws one of his dead fishes into Max's car which causes a terrible stench.
             That night John is watching the lottery and Max has the same T.V. remote, so while John's watching the numbers Max over in the next window switches the channel. Then John switches it back then Max does it again and again. Finally John finds out its Max and Max's son Jake opens the window to make him apologize and when ...