Cold Mountain Review Essay

Cold Mountain Review The movie cold mountain is set during the Civil War. The three main characters are Ada Monroe (Nicole Kidman), Inman (Jude Law), and Ruby Thewes (Renee Zellweger). Ada Monroe is a young beautiful woman who had moved from Charleston to Cold Mountain to help her father, the new minister of Cold Mountain, and his new found illness. Inman is a young man born and raised in Cold Mountain. Ada and Inman are both in their early twenties and are both single. Shortly after meeting they begin falling in love. The Civil War begins. After North Carolina secedes from the union the men of Cold Mountain are excited to enlist in the Confederate Army. Then when the time comes to leave, the war puts their fast moving relationship at a standstill. During the time Inman is gone Ada faces many difficulties. The town is in a bit of a depression due to the fact that most of their young working men are all in the war. During all of these problems Ada’s father becomes even more ill and eventually dies of his sickness. After her father’s death Ada

Only now he was a DOW, deserter of war. This is a crime punishable by death. A band of sheriffs were looking for Inman. The Home Guardsmen, however, soon found them, having captured and tortured Georgia, Ada’s neighbor, to learn that the women are harboring deserters. In the gunfight Inman ambushes and kills Teague (the sheriff ) and most of his band, but Teague's lieutenant Bosie goes up the mountain. Cornering him at the top, Inman urges him to surrender peacefully, but Bosie pulls out his gun, forcing him to fire. Both Inman and Bosie were shot. Ada goes after Inman, and finds him just as she saw him in her vision at the well. Coming back to her in the snow surrounded by crows. He dies in her