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How does Inman’s view of the war differ from Lee? Why does he fear Lee’s logic towards fighting?

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1. Lee liked fighting and thought that war was a good way of showing what God's will is, or identifying who was favored by God. Inman felt that we fought so many wars and the idea did not appeal to him.

2. Inman feared Lee's logic that war was most sacred after prayer and bible reading because if his thoughts were true, then every victor in all wars and squabbles would be identified as the chosen one from God.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the book, Cold Mountain, Inman was characterized as an injured man at the war who had a conversation with a man who was born blind. In the conversation, the blind man asked him to tell of a time when he wished that he was born blind. That led him to begin his recollection of a fight that was done under a General named Lee. To spur his subordinates to fight, Lee sold them the idea that war was a sacred thing and that it was used by God to identify his chosen ones or reveal his hidden will.

Inman did not view the war in the same light as Lee as the idea of war was not appealing to him.

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