Cold Mountain IRP
BY: REBECCA CRUTCHFIELD
Teague as a Villian
- tortures Sally Swanger and kills her whole family while forcing her to watch
- lusts after Ada and wants to take away her farm from her
- becomes the "villain" by acting as a manhunter and justifying it by calling himself the sheriff
Ada's Choices
In the book, however, Ada chooses to stay in Cold Mountain waiting for Inman to return. By allowing Ada to choose to stay in Cold Mountain in order to wait for the man that she truly loves, Frazier points out the independence and self-reliance that he thinks that women had during this time period. Frazier makes sure the emphasize the fact that Ada does this because she wants to.
Character Differences: Ruby
In the movie, not a single African American actor plays an important role. Ruby is played by Renee Zellweger, who is not even part African American. The director could have done this because he did not want to focus so much on the race of the actors rather than the actual plot of the story.
Inman's Reasons for Desertion
In the movie, the director portrays Inman's reasons for leaving as more romantic than political. The director makes it seem as if Inman only left the war because he wanted to be with Ada. I think that the director did this because he wanted the movie to be a little bit more of a romance than the book was. He wanted to appeal to a bigger audience, so he did this by adding more romance in this movie.
Increased Violence toward Women
- Sally Swanger is forced to watch her family murdered and is physically tortured while watching it
- Sara is raped by a Union soldier
- Ruby is shot at the end of the movie
- Sara kills herself and her baby (in one of the deleted scenes of the movie)