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A Humanistic Journey to Self-Realization: A Character Analysis of Inman in Cold Mountain By Wu Xian Under the supervision of Prof. Hong Zengliu A thesis Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts to the School of Foreign Studies Anhui University April 2008 Acknowledgements In the process of my preparing and writing of this paper, I have received warm help from many people. Among them, I would especially like to express my grateful thanks to my supervisor, Professor Hong Zengliu, who scrutinized and proofread my manuscript with great patience and encouragement. He gave me sparkling advice to improve my paper in many ways. I would also like to thank professors and teachers who have taught me and helped me. They are Professor Chen Zhengfa, Professor Chen Bing, and Associate Professor Qi Tao. Finally, my parents, friends and many other classmates deserve my heartfelt gratitude as well. i Abstract Charles Frazier, a contemporary American writer of travel books and short stories, has experienced a great success with Cold Mountain, which is his debut novel. The book won the National Book Award for fiction when it was published in 1997. As one of the best sellers in the nineties of the 20th century, Cold Mountain has enjoyed critical popularity and acclaim. Lots of critical essays and reviews have been written on it. But most critics take interest in the comparison between Charles Frazier‟s