The Similarities and Differences of Ada and Inman in the Novel Cold Mountain Essay

Difference, and similarities are the things that make relationships interesting.Having different points of view, different believe keeps the people involve in relationships busytrying to learn a little bit from each other. In relationships similarities are used as a balance.Similarities keep the relationship from being all disagreement. Having similar goals, hobby,interest keep the relationship healthy. In the novel Cold Mountain the author Charles Frazier portraits two characters Ada and Inman, that have both differences and similarities whichenhances their relationship in to a balance more interesting one.Ada and Inman are the main characters of the novel. This two characters havemany differences in their life. The first difference came in their childhood. Ada as a child was aresponsible student that strobe for academic excellence. In the other hand the only knowledgegiven by the author of Inman in school is when he drop out of it because he was afraid for apunishment his teacher was going to enforce upon him, because he threw his hat out the window(pg5). The second major difference comes in the form of Cold Mountain. This place is seen byInman as a beautiful place he can go to forget, relax, and to be reborn. He believe this thanks tohis Indian friend Swimmer who tells Inman that Cold Mountain is the closes thing to the heavens(pg19). Adas view of Cold Mountain is on the opposite side of the spectrum. Adas sees ColdMountain as Visible moisture- light haze, dense valley fogs, tatters of cloud hanging like rags onthe shoulders of Cold Mountain (pg35). The third major difference is found the way they feelabout small town life. Ada comes form city life. She lived in Charleston before moving to thecountry there for she had a view of the country that was not in the positive side (pg53). In theother hand Inman sees the country as his home. A place were every body is kind and peaceful. Heis deeply attach to his small town life. But not everything where...

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