Desperation | Characters
Desperation is the only one of King's novels in which God is actually a character. In The Green Mile, God miraculously influences events from behind the scenes, sending the mouse, Mr. Jingles, and the healer, John Coffey, to Cold Mountain Prison's death row. In Desperation, "The big G," as Ellen Carver calls Him, speaks directly to David Carver, Mary Jackson, and Johnny Marinville. Desperation's God even "enters" David and, ultimately, Johnny to guide their actions. When Johnny tells David that God has chosen him, not the child, to die, David asks: "Is God in...
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