Glimpses from Cold Mountain: A Narrative Journey

Inman's arduous journey through Cold Mountain is fraught with challenges, from harsh weather to dangerous encounters. The narrative alternates between present struggles and past memories, reflecting on the impact of war on individuals like Inman, Ada, and Ruby. As the characters navigate their own paths, the echoes of the past and the uncertainties of the present converge in a poignant tale of survival, resilience, and human connection.

• Cold Mountain
• Narrative Journey
• War Impact
• Survival Tale
• Resilience

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1. Cold Mountain

2. the color of despair Narrative Present Inman has been walking for days but has made little progress in his journey He has to deal with bad weather, wild dogs, the possibility of the Home Guard capturing him He beats three men severely and hides in the woods He attempts to cross Cape Fear with a ferry and men shoot at him (read pages 86-91) Flashback What he encounters on this journey makes him think of Monroe's sermon when he first started going to church to see Ada

3. verbs, all of them tiring Narrative Present Ruby moves herself in to Black Cove and takes charge of the farm Ada sells her piano The women fall into a pleasant routine at home Flashback Selling the piano reminds Ada of Christmas party Monroe threw before the war (read pages 98-102)

4. ashes of roses Narrative Present Ada and Ruby provide shelter for women fleeing abusive Federals (see page 136) Ada and Ruby maintain the farm with Ada feeling "covetous" of Ruby's knowledge Ada reads The Odyssey to Ruby (see page 140) As daylight fades, the color reminds Ada of a party in Charleston before the war Flashback Ada recalls a party and a potential suitor, Blount, who wells up at the thought of going to war

5. exile and brute wandering Narrative Present Inman walks for days. He realizes someone is walking behind him -- turns out the person is the preacher! (see pages 151-152) Veasey asks Inman about the war (see pages 159-160) Read the rest of the chapter (pages 160-174)

6. source and root Narrative Present Ada and Ruby go to town to make purchases They visit with Mrs. McKennet, a woman who was once romantically interested in Monroe. (See page 180-181) On their way home, they see a captive yelling to a street audience about the Home Guard. Read the captive's story (pages 183-191). They continue walking home. Read the rest of the chapter (pages 191-202).

7. in place of the truth Narrative Present Ada and Ruby maintain the farm; Ada makes a scarecrow out of the mauve dress from the Charleston party Ada receives an undated letter from Inman. "Should you still possess the likeness I sent four years ago, I ask you, please, do not look at it. I currently bear it no resemblance in either form or spirit" (246). Ada retrieves the portrait thinks about Inman's goodbye. Flashback Ada recalls their awkward goodbye when Inman visited her home. She goes to see him for a better goodbye. They kiss.

8. the doing of it Narrative Present Inman walks by following the slave's map. He comes across a woman in the woods. She raises goats and lives in complete isolation. She provides Inman with food and shelter. Read pages 274-279

9. freewill savages Narrative Present Ruby finds her father, Stobrod (also a war deserter), stuck in their corncrib. Stobrod tells a story about how he became a fiddle player (see pages 292-295. "To Ada, though, it seemed akin to miracle that Stobrod, of all people, should offer himself up as proof positive that no matter what a waste one has made of one's life, it is ever possible to find some path to redemption, however partial" (297).

10. a satisfied mind Narrative Present Ada and Ruby harvest a lot of apples. Ada writes to her cousin Lucy (see 326-327) Stobrod and a simpleminded man named Pangle appear. They are both outliers. Pangle plays a banjo Stobrod got from him raiding someone's home. Stobrod and Pangle play music, which moves Ada. They have dinner together (somewhat annoying Ruby as she tells a story of Stobrod's abandonment). Stobrod expresses concern of being caught by Teague and the Home Guard. Ada concludes her night with a short letter to Inman addressed to the hospital: "Come back to me is my request" (344).

11. a vow to bear Narrative Present Inman meets a woman who has just lost her daughter. He assists in burying her. In gratitude, she cooks Inman a dinner and he realizes she is the sole survivor of her family (see pages 347-348) Inman starts walking again and sees three skeletons hanging in a tree. He sets up camp along a mountain ridge and sees a mother bear and cub. The mother bear lunges; Inman dodges; she falls over a cliff. Inman reluctantly kills the cub and eats it. Read the chapter's conclusion (355-356)