Published on June 30, 1936 are a romantic novel and the only novel written by Margaret Mitchell. It set in Jonesboro and Atlanta, Georgia. During the American civil war and reconstruction and follows the life of Scarlet O’Hara, the daughter of an Irish immigrant plantation owner.
Scarlett marries two men she does not love, all the while thinking that she is in love with Ashley Wilkes , who has married another after her second husband dies in a raid an a location where Scarlett was attacked. She marries Rhett Butter, who is aware of her passion for Ashley.
Awards
The novel won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning 1939 film of the same name. The book was also adapted during the 1970´´s into a stage musical. Scarlett; there is also a 2008 new musical stage adaptation in London west end title Gone with the Wind. The novel was one of the most popular books of all time selling more than 30 millions copies.
The title is taken from the first line of the third stanza of the poem: Non Sum Qualis eram Bange Sub Reano Cynarac by Ernest Dowson: I have forgot much Cynara Gone wt the wind, The novel’s protagonist Scarlett O’Hara also use the title phrase in a line in the book when her home area is over taken by the Yankees. More generally the title has been interpreted as referring to the entire way of life and the antebellum south as having ´´Gone with the wind´´ the prologue of the movie refers to the old way of the life in the south as ´´Gone with he wind´´
The title of a novel was a problem for Mitchell
PART 2
Scarlett O’Hara a beautiful girl that won the heart of many men in Georgia.
Her first husband was Charles. He died on the war. Then she married Frank, he was killed.
She met Ashley and she felt in love.
Scarlett realized she always loved Rhet and never loved Ashley
The main characters are:
Scarlett O´Hara:
A beautiful girl that won the heart of many men in theory. She gets married with Charles Hamilton but she is in love with Ashley. Charles died on the war and leaves Scarlett with a child. She stays in Atlanta with Ashley’s wife Melanie. Scarlett promise to Reth that they would take care of Melanie. Melanie had a beautiful baby. Scarlett married with Frank. Frank was killed and had another kid.
Buttler Family
Reth Butler: Scarlett´s third husband
Ashley Wilkes: The man that Scarlett loved, Melanie’s husband.
Melanie: Ashley’s wife
India: Ashley’s sister
John: owner of 20 oaks of plantation
This story is about a book that describes a vivid description of the fall of Atlanta in 1864 and the devastation of war. The novel showed considerable historical research.
In episode in the book death with the early ku kus clan.
Margaret got inspired to create the character not based on real people. Reht was based on her 1st husband.
Symbolism on this novel
Over the past year the novel done with the wind has also been analyzed for its symbolism and treatment of archetypes for example: Scarlett has been characterized as a heroic figure struggling and attempting to twit life to suit her own personal wishes in society.
A book that describes vivid description of the fall of Atlanta in 1864 and devastation.
Margaret get inspired to create the character not based on real people.
Rhet was based on her first husband.
Martha Bulloch Roosevelt may have been an inspiration for Scarlett O’Hara, the novel get on sell in 1936, the cost of the book was 3 dollars and they reach about million dollars.
The novel was a success and huge.
COMMENT
Gone with the wind is now one of my favorite movies, even tho I did not like the end.
Scarlet should be now not only as a promiscuos girl, but as a girl that fights for her rights and a someone that suffers a lot.
I can say her life was very complicated, being in love with someone for so long and then found out it was just an iluson.
In my opinion, the wind was not the only thing that was gone with the wind. Also scarlet's dignity and her feelings.
This movie has teach me to think twice before falling in love.
