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    Cold Mountain‚ written by Charles Frazier‚ is a historical fiction novel written in 1977. Charles Frazier writes about the grand journey of a troubled Confederate soldier on his way to the Blue Ridge Mountains. However‚ Inman‚ the soldier‚ is not alone in his journey. Although separated by distance‚ Inman’s life long lover‚ Ada‚ is experiencing a mental journey while transitioning from an urban lifestyle to a now Blue Ridge Mountain girl. Cold Mountain has taken warfare‚ love‚ freedom‚ and self-knowledge

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    Odyssey‚ illustrates the journey home made by Odysseus‚ a Trojan war hero‚ who seeks his wife Penelope. Similar in plot‚ though written only four years ago‚ Cold Mountain is a romantic saga which depicts the travels of Inman‚ a Confederate soldier‚ at his attempt to reunite with his love Ada. Homer ’s The Odyssey and Charles Frazier ’s Cold Mountain tell of the struggles faced by the man and woman of each novel ’s relationship. Although these works are written thousands of years apart‚ both incorporate

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    The Shadow of a Crow Inman remembers a moment in history class when he threw his hat out of the window. The hat was caught by the wind and landed at the edge of the field‚ where it looked like a crow’s shadow. After the teacher threatened him with a whipping‚ Inman walked out of the room and never returned. This memory foreshadows Inman’s intent to walk away from the carnage of the war. The crow symbolizes Inman’s independence by throwing his hat out of the window and then leaving to get it. Inman

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    Cold Mountain is a popular book and movie written by Charles Frazier. Cold Mountain is a book about two lovers‚ Inman and Ada‚ during the Civil War‚ who depart on separate journeys in hopes of reuniting with one another. The novel is viewed as the physical journey of Inman from the Civil War to Cold Mountain and the inner journey of Ada‚ but people neglect the sheer importance that Inman’s spiritual journey has on the book. Inman’s physical journey is really non-connected episodes that are linked

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    On the surface‚ Cold Mountain is the tale of a man trying to find his way home. However‚ once looked at in more detail‚ it is seen as a story of a man looking for faith. From the very first step‚ Inman’s journey is one of faith‚ a faith that he has lost in the Civil War and is on the road to recovering. We know little of Inman’s life prior to his journey‚ but what we do learn tells us that he was at one point a Christian. In his youth he had been taught‚ and he believed in‚ the basics of the Christian

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    APUSH Movie Review: Cold Mountain In summary‚ Ada Monroe comes from Charlestown because of her father‚ a preacher‚ and sees Inman as he is helping to build the chapel. Inman leaves as part of the Confederate army when the war begins and fights at the crater battle. During a nighttime mission‚ he is wounded and brought to a hospital in Virginia where he flees and leaves to reunite with Ada in North Carolina. As a deserter‚ he constantly flees from the Home Guard. Inman intervenes when he finds a dissolute

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    The archetype of the journey is seen in Charles Frazier’s novel Cold Mountain‚ most clearly through experience Inman has wandering back to Cold Mountain. The journey archetype sends the hero in search of some truth to restore order and harmony to the land. The journey often includes the series of trials and tribulations the hero faces along the way. Usually the hero descends into a real or psychological hell and is forced to discover the blackest truths. Once the hero is at his lowest level‚ he must

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    Frazier’s Cold Mountain is a pastoral novel that enters into dialogue to explore the stark contrast between two people on a quest for self-acknowledgement and romantic fulfillment. It encapsulates the spirit of a man psychologically scarred by war and his love who flourishes in his absence by reiterating the pastoral theme of self-realization through nature. The intertwining chapters‚ alternating its focus on Inman and Ada‚ are in constant communication with another to examine the bleakest and brightest

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    struggle‚ there is no progress.” This statement is definitely true as people can’t bring about change easily or without opposition. This declaration is personified in Paul Farmer’s story as he tries to cure the world of tuberculosis. In Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder‚ we see all the challenges and opponents that Farmer faces in attempting to bring about good‚ but we also see the reward of fighting the long defeat and how these challenges are active in our own lives as we try to bring

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    that is funding for hospitals in rural areas of countries in South America‚ especially Haiti and Peru‚ where deadly diseases like Tuberculosis and HIV/AID was raging. Farmer and his organization are the two main subjects of the biographical “Mountain Beyond Mountain”‚ written by Tracy Kidder. Farmer and Kidder meet when the author was in Haiti‚ interviewing the American activity

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