Cold Mountain | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Bears - Inman on the battlefield has a series of dreams in which he is this animal. In the last, he is slain by hunters and pelted out. Thereafter, he identifies with the species and gives up eating their meat as he has since childhood. As he reaches the edges of Cold Mountain and anticipates freedom from fear and hatred there, Inman faces off with one of these animals. He asks her to understand he wants only to get out of the way, but she follows her instincts and makes a false charge...
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