Life is a journey. There are changes and cycles in life that shape human personality and provide direction on how to live on a daily basis. In Charles Frazier’s book “Cold Mountain” (1997), the main characters experience this journey. The rural setting in this story plays a major role in each character’s life as their destinies are foreshadowed through their connections to nature in one way or another. The main protagonist, Inman, is a Confederate soldier who is scarred both physically and mentally by the Civil War. Feeling misidentified with the human world due to mistrust and the war situations he experienced, Inman escapes the battlefield and embarks on a journey that he sees as an opportunity to become healed: “I know people can be mended.
