Cold Mountain Blog Post #5

Cold Mountain Blog Post #5

 

Title: Cold Mountain
Author: Charles Frazier
 Genres: Historical Fiction/ Adventure
 Percent read: 86/100

 Summary:

 

The fifth section of my reading begins through the eyes of Ada. As Ada and Ruby continue to bond through conversation and work, Ada and Ruby notice someone inside their property. Ruby takes charge and marches outside to confront the intruder. Strangely the intruder is found to be Ruby’s father, a man named Stobrod, whom Ruby has already told Ada about. Ruby claims he is a deadbeat whom abandoned her and abused her. Also she says he is also a confederate deserter. Furthermore Stobrod stays with them along with his companions Pangle, and Georgia.

 

After a mere day Stobrod and his friends leave and set up camp farther away. Later the Confederate homeguard, led by a man named Teague tracks down Stobrod and his friends and Teague shoots them. However Georgia escapes and runs off to tell Ruby and Ada. Concerned the three of them rush off to the camp and they fined Stobrod barely alive. They stay with him to help him recover and make camp there.

 

  Response:

 

  To me the section I read was very interesting because there was a lot of excitement and action. It was also interesting that even though Ruby sees her father as such a problem in her life she still willingly feeds and shelters him.

 

   As the story becomes closer to its end I predict that Inman is going to meet up with Ada and everyone else very soon, and they will have a conflict with the homegaurd.

 

  Passage:

 

 “They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!”

 

  This quote was spoken by Ruby, when she sees her father nearly dead. She is extremely mad at him for deserting, the war, and the homegaurd. All of this prompts her to say such an interesting statement.