Quote: "He had grown so used to seeing death...that it seemed no longer dark and mysterious. He feared his heart had been touched by the fire so often he might never make a civillian again."
Analysis: The theme that is portrayed from the quote above is how Inman attempts to identify who he is through the mishap that has occurred in his past. These lines come in the middle of the novel, from the chapter "to live like a gamecock," in which Inman barely survives death at the hands of confederate soldiers. For Inman and other soldiers in the war, death has been decreased because of the war experience, both on the battlefield and during exhausting journeys home. This stands as an indicator of the emptiness of human existence, and is a cause for great despair. This quotation also indicates the pure volume of soldiers killed in the conflict and how they grow to form a genuine army of dead men in Inman's mind. Inman's urge to return home and resume a normal existence is intensified by his break up from the idea of civilian life.
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Quote: "But still, outsider though she was, this place, the Blue Mountains, seemed to be holding her where she was. From any direction she came at it, the only conclusion that left her any hope of self-content was this: what she could see around her was all that she could count on."
Analysis: The theme that is portrayed from the quote above is no matter the circumstances that you are in, you have to adapt to the situaion and figure out who you really are during the situation. I interpreted this statement, because Ada is living alone and penniless at Black Cove and has lost her stock. The world she has been raised to live in has disappeared. Also, she was a Charleston young lady and has no place now. As she struggles to find out who she is; Ada fixes on Cold Mountain as her anchor. It's solid, never-changing presence gives her confidence.
Analysis: The theme that is portrayed from the quote above is how Inman attempts to identify who he is through the mishap that has occurred in his past. These lines come in the middle of the novel, from the chapter "to live like a gamecock," in which Inman barely survives death at the hands of confederate soldiers. For Inman and other soldiers in the war, death has been decreased because of the war experience, both on the battlefield and during exhausting journeys home. This stands as an indicator of the emptiness of human existence, and is a cause for great despair. This quotation also indicates the pure volume of soldiers killed in the conflict and how they grow to form a genuine army of dead men in Inman's mind. Inman's urge to return home and resume a normal existence is intensified by his break up from the idea of civilian life.
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Quote: "But still, outsider though she was, this place, the Blue Mountains, seemed to be holding her where she was. From any direction she came at it, the only conclusion that left her any hope of self-content was this: what she could see around her was all that she could count on."
Analysis: The theme that is portrayed from the quote above is no matter the circumstances that you are in, you have to adapt to the situaion and figure out who you really are during the situation. I interpreted this statement, because Ada is living alone and penniless at Black Cove and has lost her stock. The world she has been raised to live in has disappeared. Also, she was a Charleston young lady and has no place now. As she struggles to find out who she is; Ada fixes on Cold Mountain as her anchor. It's solid, never-changing presence gives her confidence.