Cold Mountain. Inman has a negative view of the world around him. He expects for something much better but is disappointed in what he sees.

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AP English, period 6

Inman has a negative view of the world around him. He expects for something much better but is disappointed in what he sees. As he looked across the dewy fields to try to appreciate nature, life, his place on Earth he is not given what he longs to see. Instead, as the rays of light reveal the scenery, he sees some asinine snake going from the roadway into the chickweed.

This image of a snake could have been a positive image but the words described of the snake (sliding flabby and turdlike) suggests the negative attitude toward it, such that the snake looks like shit.

Inman is also not appreciative of the species of trees. Here in the second paragraph they are described as “trash trees”. The trash trees are described as plared-off and disorganized-tangled. He also does not like the towns-really anything.  Inman feels disgusted that he fought so hard as described “from the piedmont to the sea” to get this trash and lack of beauty.

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The place is described metaphorically as (foul and sorry had flowed downhill and pooled in the low spots). This adds to Inman’s negative view of life. He believes that these places are only bad and have only to present the horrors and pains of life.

The birds are also no exception. The cicadas are screaming everywhere. Their shrill, according to Inman, is like many pieces of jagged bone being twisted together. The scream not only affected Inman’s wound but it seems to remind him of the war. It can represent those that have died (soldiers) and are nothing but dry ...

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