Cold Mountain Change does not have all the problems that I am concerned about. It is just a few people. Although there are still many characters, they are all guys with distinctive characteristics and easy to remember. Whether it's a villager who relentlessly pursued after a robbery, a priest who tried to kill and followed Inman to a tragic death, or a mysterious old woman who lived alone on the top of a mountain for decades and lived on a herd of goats. . . It is understandable for any supporting role to lead any bizarre life in such an era, not to mention that the story itself takes place in the United States, which advocates individuality.
The supporting roles are so vivid, and the protagonist is definitely more interesting. Although everyone is the protagonist in life, there are always the most important two in the novel.
It's not clear which era created Inman's character or whether Inman's own character conformed to that era. Although he had seen too many deaths, he had become accustomed to death or a little numb, but from beginning to end he With a kindness to strangers and even enemies, he kept walking towards his hometown.
In the end, the irony is that he did not die in the cruel and long war, nor in the long journey home due to hunger and cold, but in the end he died in the hands of the people in his hometown who he loved and wanted to let go of! It's a bit like some countries who helped bring down the country with blood and rain were finally killed for various magical reasons. Whether it is the rear of the war or the war itself, it will make the bad guys worse!
Ada, a woman in the back of the war, was not affected by too much war. Most of the embarrassment in her life was caused by herself, so Ruby, who understands a more masculine personality, naturally understands the whole cold mountain. Drip people can quickly put Ada's life on track. I always felt that without Ruby Ada, life would be forced into a corner to do things that I disdained to do before. Relatively speaking, if love Ruby is excluded, it will be a more important role.
Love always seems to be more important than the whole world. For love, Inman can disregard the long and dangerous road, and for love Ada can disregard all kinds of coercion and temptation of the rogue army! In addition, I also feel that in the face of the right death and chaos, people will yearn for love more and yearn for the intimate and warm ears and temples of two people. Inman's love for Ada is more about escaping the cruelty of war and cold death and returning to a warm embrace. On the other hand, Ada's love for Inman has a more maternal tolerance, because she said a reason that I remember deeply, for a man who has experienced a long war, the tender touch from the opposite sex is extremely important.
The tragic ending started because of the war, but Inman and Ada are actually very confused about the war, and they don't know why they are fighting for whom! In the end, it may be more about the maintenance of the spirit of the contract, because the government we have elected as a unit has chosen war, so individuals have to participate. The tragic ending of the novel makes people more deeply remember the whole story and have a more tangible experience of the cruelty and bloodshed of war. For the vast majority of people, war is an unquestionable tragedy, but for such a small group of people who do nothing and are good at exploiting loopholes, it is spring like spring!
The movie version brings more moving, because there is background music because there are pictures, but it weakens the cruelty of the original war, accompanied by the hardships of returning home from injuries, and in addition to Inman's death in the end, the ending is also almost perfect, which is consistent with The novel is so far removed that it always feels at odds with the tragedy of the whole era.
No matter how it ends, a book that allows you to feel and start thinking about a lot of issues without going to the manager is without a doubt a true masterpiece!
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