Power In Cold Mountains

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Equally important, Cold Mountains dilemma towards politics and power had a drastic impact on the story due to the amount of obstacles presented to society and the main characters. During the Civil War there were controversies between the North and South regarding that slavery should be abolished. Due to the election of 1860, Lincoln became the president and he expressed his feelings towards slavery, which led to 11 Confederate states to secede. One of those states was Tennessee which happened to be where Cold mountain took place. The time Period reflects on Cold Mountain, since the federals took belongings, food, and burned houses down. A victim of the novel quoted “They took every bit of food we had been able to raise this year. I even saw one man …show more content…

Due to the politics and power, the society had a major impact towards civilians and the economic society. A similarity presents its way towards Frazier’s timeline as well with the Civil War. During Frazier lifetime while writing the novel, a financial problem occurred regarding the amount of money an average person earns, towards the amount of money he or she needs to pay to acquire accessories. In 1997, the average income of an American citizen included 30 thousand a year, though the average cost of a new house valued $137 thousand dollars ($76 thousand for an average house) excluding groceries, bills, and gas. Furthermore in the assertion, the cost of a car valued $16 thousand dollars with a $576 dollar interest rate per month. In 1997, having a family would harm the individual since it would financially harm them due to the amount of money they'd need for groceries, supplies for the baby, and a babysitter to look after the baby. Accordingly, not only Inman and Ada had problems, whether the entire financial crisis occurred in the confederacy side. During the Civil war, not only Ada and Inman had a difficult time

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