Paul Sheldon:
Paul Sheldon is a famous author of a series of books known as "misery", which is about a girl and her life. He returns to the very same "silver creek lodge" in western Colorado in order to write the drafts of his book, therefore promoting himself as very superstitious in terms of sticking to a routine/ritual in the hope that his books will be successful. However when he attempts to begin another novel, of which is not from the misery selection things begin to change and he becomes very unlucky and is a victim of a dangerous car accident as a result of bad weather, then is his luck gradually gets from bad to worse when his "number 1 fan" saves him and keeps him hostage.
Paul's morality and ethics shown are generally to be "making the best out of a bad situation", where he compliments, obeys and abides by the rules set out by Annie, this is a result of his fear of what could happen.. from the pills she gives him to the abusive behaviour she provides. He aims to find a way out of his situation through the easiest way possible, however he is fairly naive at the beginning to believe her "nice" ways and that she will look out for him.. this changes when he realises she is no longer a nurse at the hospital due to a series of killings that occurred.
I think Paul is a genuine person to whom is desperate to get home from the bad situation that he finds himself in, he is very scared but stays calm throughout as he knows that is only way to survive. As he is attempting to begin another book, it shows that Paul is experimental and willing to try something new, however this is rejected by Annie and her love for Misery therefore he is persuaded to "bring Misery back to life".
The way in which Paul went about surviving was what helped him to get out of there, although i feel that he should've been a great deal more careful when hiding & disguising his plans.. such as the knife in which she found and he was painfully punished for as she broke his ankles.
Annie Wilkes:
Annie Wilkes is an ex-nurse, living her on her own and the number one fan of Paul Sheldon's series of books "Misery", she is a very controlling, condescending and abusive person that knows exactly what she wants and will go to any cost in order to get it. Over the course of the story we see Annie in different lights, firstly as a caring nurse that saved Paul's life, however over time this changes as she becomes angry and aggressive towards him and orders him to re-write and bring back to life Misery. Her obsession with the character and Paul means that she will do anything to get what she wants, which is proven at the end when she attempts to kill him and herself.
I don't think that she has many strong morals and ethics except her passion for the books and to do anything in order to get what she wants making her a very independent yet selfish individual. She does not take into account the consequences of her serious actions and is also very naive to what could happen and will happen.
In my opinion I think that Annie has "mental issues" in terms of giving both physical and psychological harm to Paul, particularly in shooting a random person (police officer) and by being able to tie Paul up, putting a block between his legs and using a large hammer to break his ankles to stop him from getting away.
i believe if Annie had been given severe help from the outside world previous to this then it would've possibly prevented all of this.. however i also think that Annie doesn't see that she needs this help and therefore without that help cannot be made.
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