IV Honors Eberle Similarities in Cold Mountain‚ The Odyssey and The Color Purple Cold Mountain and The Odyssey share many aspects of their plot. Both novels dominantly contain the theme of “The Journey.” The adventure contained in the theme “The Journey‚” represents the journey of life and all that happens on life’s voyage metaphorically. Cold Mountain and The Odyssey both exemplify said metaphor. Many characters in both Cold Mountain and The Odyssey share many traits with characters in
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ago a renowned epic of Greek mythology was written. This work‚ known as The 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
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C old Mountain ‚ Charles Frazier’s debut novel‚ won critical acclaim and the National Book Award for fiction when it was published in 1997. As an author of travel books and short stories‚ Frazier had ample experience in writing about landscapes and using a condensed prose style. Frazier applied these literary skills in crafting Cold Mountain’s episodic structure and detailed descriptive passages. Frazier’s prose draws on the transcendentalism of Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ the scope of southern novels by
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Cold Mountain Cold Mountain‚ a novel wrote by Charles Frazier‚ is a Civil War story‚ a magnificent love story between a wounded Confederate soldier – Inman who deserts and begins a lonely‚ dangerous journey to find the way back home‚ and his lover – Ada who tries to survive after her father’s death. The Cold Mountain is the destination Inman wants to arrive at‚ and a place where Ada transform from a city girl into a mountain woman. The story is woven around the experiences of Inman and Ada trying
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The two characters of Ruby and Ada are brought to the reader of Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier as an example of the strange and illogical way in which people were thrown together in times of desperation and uncertainty such as the American Civil War. The reader is enthralled as these two women find in each other the qualities to soothe their needs and for Ada‚ gain the appropriate education which is crucial in order for her even to survive. Frazier uses the relationship built between these two
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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
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Amanda Nelson August 18‚ 2013 Novel Notes: Cold Mountain Bibliography: Frazier‚ Charles. Cold Mountain. New York: Atlantic Monthly‚ 1997. Charles Frazier is 62 (1951-present) years old and the novel was written in the late 90’s. The novel is set during the Civil War. Key Quotation: “And then she thought that you went on living one day after another‚ and in time you were somebody else‚ your previous self only like a close relative‚ a sister or brother‚ with whom you shared a past. But a
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Cold Mountain is not only a love story‚ but also a great American tribute to the everlasting side effects the war had on its soldiers. Although the novel doesn’t tell a true story‚ it represents much more than just a quick read that happens to have a historic background. Like any other author‚ Charles Frazier uses the undertones and downfalls of a country divided in two to portray the lasting consequences both sides will eventually face. The story is told in the two main character’s points of
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Cold Mountain Quote Analysis 1 “Well‚ Inman said. You’re mighty calm. Especially for a man that most would say has taken the little end of the horn all his life. The blind man said‚ It might have been worse had I ever been given a glimpse of the world and then lost it. (Frazier 5)” During the course of the conversation between Inman and the blind man their two personalities and views towards life foil each other. While the blind man has grown accustom to his blindness and blames nobody for
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Cold Mountain: The Civil War The Civil War was a four year armed conflict between northern and southern sections of the United States. The Civil War cost more American lives than any other war in history. There were bout 3 million people who fought in the beginning of the Civil War and about 600‚000 people’s lives were lost at the end of the war. What began for many as a romantic adventure soon became a heartbreaking bitter struggle between the two parts of a divided country. This‚ however
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