Cold Mountain Blog Post #3

Cold Mountain Blog Post #3

Title: Cold Mountain
Author: Charles Frazier
 Genres: Historical Fiction/ Adventure
 Percent read: 50/100
 Summary:

  The third section of my reading begins with Inman discussing “The Confederate Home Guard”, who are a group of appointed officials who track down Confederate deserters. Inman is aware that these people are tracking him and Inman is very afraid of these men. Further along Inman’s journey he encounters a man named Veasely who is about to murder a slave. This slave is found out to be pregnant with Veasely’s child. Inman stops Veasely and they end up traveling together. Along their journey they help a man named Junior who later turn them in to the Home Guard. Inman and Veasely are then captured by the Home Guard and walk for days on end until the Guard simply decides to shoot Inman, Veasely, and the other prisoners. Veasely protects Inman and steps in front of the bullet. The same bullet that killed Veasely grazes Inman and the Home Guard leaves them for dead. After this Inman continues his journey.

  Throughout this section I noticed that Inman is extremely determined to reach Cold Mountain. Not only was his closest companion killed to save Inman’s life but also he is ready to kill.

  Response:

 To me the section I read was very interesting. Being half-way through with the book much of Inman’s journey has been revealed. Also a new character appeared in the plot and the Home Guard was introduced.

  I predict in future reading that Inman’s journey will only get tougher from now on. Inman has been discussing many hardships about his journey and these hardships seem inevitable. Also Inman now has the Home Guard closer on his tail than ever.

 Passage:

 “You'll find the good Lord very flexible on the subject of property. We could do a lot with this saw” 46%

 This quote spoken by Veasely takes place as Veasely decides to take a saw. Although Inman is against it Veasely decides to take it anyway. As a reader I feel this quote is meant to show a part of Veasely’s character. Although a devoted Christian Veasely steals a saw as a tool of survival.