Cold Mountain Inman Character Analysis

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Inman, Purely Evil or Purely good? His role in “Cold Mountain” as an ambiguous character would identify him as purely good. Inman is a veteran of the war. He has psychological problems, as well as physical aggressiveness. The novel opens with Inman being wounded, giving the audience evidence that Inman has participated in a war. Throughout the novel Inman has nightmares about the deaths he has witnessed, and the scares of war. Inman, is also in love with a girl named Ada, whom he barely knows but is deeply in love with her. He dreams about Ada at night, and the book describes his many thoughts about Ada throughout the day. Although Inman has troubles psychologically, he remains an honorable man throughout “Cold Play”. The war causes

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