This is the first phrase in the book to describe the spoiled Scarlett O’ Hara, who was made immoral by Viven Leigh in the movie verison of ’ Gone with the Wind’ ( 1939 ). The book is 1024 pages, which is long, but the book is so good, you wouldn’t even realize how many pages there are, and you’ll be asking for more.
This is a story of love, of loss, and of courage. Margaret Mitchell created an amazing story, romance saga of love and the most sentimental portrait of the Civil War. ’’Gone with the Wind’’ in my opinion is deserving of a five-star rating, because it is by far the greatest story ever written. Mitchell’s ’’Gone with the Wind’’ is the story of Scarlett O’Hara, a spoiled southern beautiful woman, whose life is suddenly caught up in the turmoil of the American Civil War. Through her fights during the war and the six years of Reconstruction that follow, author showed her life pass through three husbands and three children. Within this background, we observe Scarlett’s conflict against external and internal conflicts, her losses, gains, and hopes. Author described bright vivid characters and relationship between people, but she did not attach great importance to some problem, such as slavery; the book is very interesting and I certainly would recommend it to just about anyone.
’’Gone with the Wind’’ by Margaret Mitchell is a war novel, a historical romance, a comedy of manners, a bitter lamentation, a cry of the heart, and a long, cold-hearted look at the character of this one lovely woman. It is undoubtedly the classic novel of Civil War. The major characteristic that enables it to achieve its seriousness also criticizes Scarlett O’Hara to a life of unrequited love and dooms her potential for happiness with Rhett Butler. Mitchell created the character, Scarlett, wonderfully. She had spunk, determination, intelligence, and selfishness-traits that made her personality interesting. If Scarlett needs something bad enough, she will not hesitate to throw away proper social conduct or her own personal goals. She does what ever she needs to get her by. Then there is Rhett. He is this attractive man who is no gentleman. He brought a little bit of light into the dark parts of the book. He seems to be just a rude, ill-behaved man at first, but later his character is deep and full of emotion and feelings.
Margaret Mitchell created a bond and passion between these two characters. It was a wonderful romance, with love and anger-a sort of bittersweet romance. Although Scarlett is a strong and independent woman, most people can relate to her because she makes mistakes like a normal human.
This book examines different types of strength. Whether it is Mammy’s honorable courage and dignity, or Rhett’s keen level-headedness, or Melanie’s Christian devotion to people, each person has his or her own root from which they draw their strength.
The perspective is strength because it permits the author to vividly portray the destruction of Southern society better than any battlefield-centered novel could. Unfortunately, it also leaves the author, and therefore Scarlet as well, incapable of understanding the male characters. They are merely personalities that fade in-and-out of the background to shape the narrative. While they are characters that can stand up off the page and cast a shadow, there is no tone or timbre in their images. Some author’s descriptions of the reconstruction are degraded. For example, blacks were only happy being slaves. Big Sam says he had enough of freedom and wants to go back to Tara. He even states doubtfully that while in the north whites wanted him to sit at the table like he was their equal, but he could not do it because he is not the equal to whites. At one point Mitchell is describing how the southern whites hate the Yankees so much because the Yankees have money and food and power and they do not, yet she does not have any sense of irony to see that the whites are in the position that they put the slaves in for centuries.
If someone loves historical fiction with a little romance, this book is perfect for their. The writing is superb, and the plot is dramatic and sad, but it includes enough of Scarlett’s triumphs of strength that sets it apart from all other books. Scarlett O’Hara is the perfect Southern belle who is incredible to read about. How she attracts men with her charm and little helpless acts is unbelievable. She is used to having slaves serve her and she treats them with little or no respect until she needs them. One cannot stop thinking about how much they would hate Scarlet if she was real, but they are not able to stop feeling sorry for her and they want to help her to realize how stupid she is. This is a must read for any person who loves classic literature.
’’Gone with the Wind’’ is really one of the world’s most well written romance novels. Set in the backdrop of the American Civil War in the eighteen century, it tells the story of the people who fought for survival during the War and the Reconstruction Period through sheer shrewd wits and cunning business methods. Margaret Mitchell is an absolute talent. She was nowhere close to the cheap romance writer many had portrayed her to be- she was a realist. She was actually writing about how human spirit and determination, how it can be applied to help one over such obstacles. Mitchell’s book broke sales records. Within a year of publication, 1, 383, 000 copies had been sold. Today, sales stand at over 21, 000, 000. In 1937 ’’Gone with the Wind’’ was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.