Themes In Cold Mountain
In Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier describes the epic journey home of wounded Confederate soldier Inman from Petersburg to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Inman's physical voyage home is paralleled by the mental journey made by his sweetheart, Ada, in her transformation from city girl' into mountain woman'. The story is woven around the experiences of Inman and Ada trying to rebuild their lives from the desperation and disaster of the war, all the while trying to find a way to see each other again--whilst they are so far apart. It also blends the horrors of war into their current lives, and the corruption that has scarred them forever. Inman and Ada's respective ordeals help develop the themes of war, homeland, women and children which this essay aims to reveal.
The motivation behind Inman's desertion, when he "set his foot on the sill and stepped out of the window", is not an issue that Frazier ever invites his readers to question. Having been surrounded by the dying, having......
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