Essays on Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain tells the intertwining stories of a confederate deserter named Inman and the Southern belle Ada he left behind—Odysseus and Penelope in the Deep South. Unlike Homer’s Odyssey, it is pointlessly depressing, and concludes in a lackluster way that offers no explanation for the past two hours. If I hadn’t read the book, I’d...
Homer’s The Odyssey and Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain are works of historical fiction about a homeward journey that explores the different perspectives of gender. Set during the American Civil War, Frazier’s narrative explores a deserted soldiers perilous journey home to his wife, encountering numerous obstacles along the way. Homer’s epic explores war hero, Odysseus’s, numerous...
In Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain, Inman is characterized by personification which highlights the complex situation of man vs society he is going through throughout the story. Frazier characterizes Inman by using literary elements such as personification and detail to show his battle between him and his internal fear and complex situation. The use of detail...
In the book Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, is recognized as one of the best novels written about the Civil War. Although this book does not talk about specific battles, it shows a point of view of the Civil War era that most authors do not talk about. His book shows the good, bad and...
