Essay 1

Cold Mountain is the most touching movie I have ever seen. First of all, Cold Mountain is an adaptation of a bestseller. The plot is mainly about the American Civil War which separates the couple and how the war changes the world. Inman has to leave Ada immediately because of the Civil War. Afterwards, Ada’s father died which makes Ada helpless. That’s because Ada does not know how to cook and how to do the household chores. In addition, the most familiar people leave Ada while America is in the midst of war. Ada has no body to rely on. How can a young lady handle the difficult situations like this！Then Ruby comes to help Ada in time. It is Ruby that pulls Ada out of depair. Besides, because of Ruby so that Ada learn to be a courageous woman. At last, although Inman died, indeed Inman and Ada do have a great time gathering
together.

My favorite role in the movie is Ruby, the one who helps Ada begin a new life. Ruby is not only Ada’s friend but she is also seems like her sister. Ruby teaches Ada how to do the chores and Ada reads the stories to Ruby. Though they do not have any blood relationship, they treat each other as their own family member. When we are in desperate, it is important to have someone like Ruby to pull us out of the terrible circumstances. Without them, we might give up our hopes and even our own lifes.

The affection between Inman and Ada really touches my inner heart. That is because Inman and Ada just know each other for a while, but they miss each other once they are separated. Above all, they stay faithful to each other and believe that one day they will get together again. All they can do is keep waiting. But they never try to forget each other even though they suffer from missing and uncertainty. It seems impossible for most of the people to keep loving someone once they are apart. I really appreciate their perseverance.

Futhermore, I do love the lines that Ada says after Inman dies for several years. She says ”What we have lost will never be returned to us. All we can do is learn from the past and make peace with it.” Isn’t that what we have to learn? Although the loving ones cannot get together, Ada chose to live and stopped looking back at the sad scenes. No matter what had happened, Ada just kept going forward. That’s what life is! There are always ups and downs in our daily lifes. If we yield to the frustrations, we get nothing out of the lesson. Isn't it?

Cold Mountain is one of my favorite movies. Although the plot is slow at first later I find it is interesting enough to attract me to keep watching. And I love the way that the director films the movie. Though at first I could not understand what is going on in the movie. But just keep watching then I really get some lessons out of the movie. Although the moviedoes not have a happy ending, it is still worth watching.