The setting for Cold Mountain is in the state of North Carolina during the Civil War time period. Most of the key events happen in Cold Mountain. Inman tries to go back to Cold Mountain because Ada's home is near Cold Mountain. ... Inman deserts the Confederate army a few years after the start of the war, and he tries to go back to Cold Mountain where he can find Ada's home. ... In Ada's case from the harm of public opinion, and in Inman's case from the harm of war. ...

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The Contrasting Symbolisms in The Wars Although The Wars by Timothy Findley is not a very long novel, it packs a punch. ... However, the picture of mud that is painted by Findley is one of grey, steel-coloured mud, making reference to metal, bringing forth the image of cold steel, and therefore creating an environment that seems unwelcoming and uninhabitable. ... This theme is the most symbolic and gives the most insight into the horrors of war. ... Hell is also brought up again after the war is over. ... In as sense, they become prisoners of war, trapped within the hell of their own minds th...

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When people see good images of war and violence then they are going to think that war is a good thing, but in all reality we know that war is horrifying and freighting. Death, anger, and hatred swirling around us, why would people think that war is a good thing? ... In the early 1900's people thought that war made people heroes. ... They see now the cold hard reality about the war. ... Through out history people prospective on war have change dramatically, but why are we still choosing to have wars? ...

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To accomplish their mission they needed energy, hard work and organisation, just like in a war. However, they weren't doing it for hate, because hate requires a certain degree of passion and each and every one of them was cold-minded, and just followed the orders of their leader: Trevor, who was a mastermind of evil. ... These qualities inside members of the gang were the leftovers of the war. They had absorbed war and were part of its consequences. ... War and pos-war are deeply connected with this main idea in the story due to the fact that it was a period of transition; the gang was...

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Phuong, can be seen as the innocent country Vietnam whose promising lands pose the stage for a war between the politics of greedier forces. ... No matter who wins the war, how will it affect most of the country? ... And yet you have America coming in monitoring the war, aiding sides, imposing democracy. ... Fowler is not very fond of Pyle and sees his actions as cold and cruel. ... So what side is Fowler on, though he claims he is just there to report the happenings of the war. ...

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The war is going to last some time and might be another twelve months before it is over. The war has only just begun and its going to be a war of exhaustion. ... I put up with the fear, the cold, the rats, the dead bodies, the gas, the smell, the lice and the loud ringing in my ears from all the gun shots and bombs. ...

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Cold Mountain Essay Ruby, the young firl who comes along in the book to help Ada with her farm, is the confidante that I chose. Ruby's role in the book was to be there to comfort and be a sympathetic listener for Ada, while the love of her life, Inman, was off at war. Throughout the book, we learn about how Ada is alone on a farm, waiting for Inman to return from the war. ...

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Even when it was really cold outside. ... There is a strong current that pulls Stephan away, and it's basically saying that Stephan was so overwhelmed with post-war affects, and he just couldn't handle life anymore, so he just gives in, and lets the water (life) carry him away defeated. ...

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In the first ten minutes, we see how Maximus would like to be happy then going to war this is because from the beginning when it show his hand was weeping the glass as it set in farm, it look nice and warm as look like it was in late summer. ... When we first saw him his face look worry, from nice and quiet place to cold, fight and death. ...

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Comparing a war device killing many men to love reveals the disapproving viewpoint Donne has on love. ... By using imagery to show the heart a shattered glass shows that Donne has an ice-like heart and has a cold outlook towards love. ...

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World War I had just ended five years earlier, where 27 countries went to war resulting in 37,468,904 casualties and an unmentionable amount of money all because of the actions of one young Bosnian student. ... Life is change and when change ceases, we are only left with the coldness of death. ...

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If we think about it, before Macbeth talk to the witches, he just had a war to fight the Thane of Cawdor, he kill Thane of Cawdor in the war and then he become Thane of Cawdor. ... Macbeth hasn't done the murder yet; he hasn't even gone to the King's door yet, and he tells himself that "Whiles I threat, he lives: / Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives." ...

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He tells his son that "You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain't going to have any blood to stick to you" yet at the same time, he seems to treat his family coldly and harshly. ... Colonel's seemingly conflicting feelings for his father are somewhat rooted in what he has heard of his father's past and his experiences during the war and the fire he insisted on each night was "some deep mainspring of his father's being as the one weapon for the preservation of integrity" and described his father's movements, as an "absolutely undeviating course". ...

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The myth of Pandora's Box is a simple story about curiosity, betrayal and revenge. There are many little parts of stories incorporated into the myth of Pandora's Box to make it the myth we know today, such as Prometheus and Epimetheus trying to do good for humans (Prometheus in particular), Zeus try...

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When it comes to the morals of man, one would immediately want to know what they are being compared to or what someone is trying to say or question. When someone argues our flaws, people tend to get interested in what one is saying. Our ears perk up a little bit and people start to listen a little c...

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It was the testing grounds for such war planes as the Aurora Project, SK-71 Blackbird, and the F-117a Stealth fighter spy plane (Misage 15). ... Whether it be a remnant from the cold war, or a testing for modern day planes, Area 51 remains one of America's most well kept secrets, which remains one of the most often asked questions unanswered. ...

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