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The novel being summarized is titled Gone with the Wind, written by Margaret
Mitchell. It was published in 1936, after it took her seven years to write, and
won a Pulitzer Prize in 1937. Gone with the Wind was the only book Ms. Mitchell
wrote and is an American Classic. Gone with the Wind was a story of men and
women living in the south during the war between the states and of the south?s
transformation after the was. The novel began in about 1861 at Tara and Twelve
Oaks, two southern plantations in Georgia. We were given a glance of the
hospitality and generosity of plantation life. When the men went off to war, the
women moved to Atlanta. While in Atlanta, they worked as nurses as they awaited
the return of their men. Sherman?s troops marched in and burned Atlanta, so
the women were forced to leave. They returned to Tara, where we observed the
destruction and desolation of the land. After the war, the story shifted back
and forth between Atlanta and Tara. We experienced the struggles to save Tara,
rebuild Atlanta, and the effects of the carpetbaggers. The story continued until
about 1871 as the main characters began to regain the security and grace of the
days before the war. There were four main characters in the story. They were
Scarlett O?Hara, Ashley Wilkes, Melanie Hamilton-Wilkes, and Rhett Butler.
Scarlett, Ashley, and Melanie were raised together, and Rhett Butler was an
outsider who came from Charleston. Scarlett was the daughter of a wealthy Irish
plantation owner. She was not beautiful but she was spoiled. She was selfish and
scheming. She was also charming so men easily fell in love with her. Scarlett
was obsessively in love with Ashley Wilkes and attempted several times to lure
him away from his lovely wife Melanie. She was also attracted to Rhett Butler
and eventually married him. Scarlett was a survivor. When she was faced with a
problem, she took charge; whether it was taking care of Melanie when she had the
baby, shooting a union soldier, building the lumber company, or taking care of
something else. Melanie Hamilton, in contrast to Scarlett, was unselfish and
gentle. She always saw the good in people and situations and looked beyond their
flaws. She had an inner strength that kept her from complaining about the
injustice done on the south and on her loved ones. Melanie married her cousin,
Ashley Wilkes; therefore she became Scarlett?s antagonist. Melanie was
generous, loving, and forgiving at all times to all people. Although she was
physically weak, her heart was strong. In the end her second pregnancy caused
her death and she put her trust in Scarlett to take care of her husband and son.
Ashley Wilkes was the gentle and elegant son of a plantation owner. He was weak
and indecisive. He was not any good at farming or hard labor. However, he did
take on tasks of honor and sacrifice. After the war, Ashley lost the life he had
expected and had difficulty finding the strength to continue his life. Rhett
Butler was a very wealthy, handsome, southern gentleman from Charleston. He was
a man who knew his own mind and followed it no matter what. He was a smart
businessman, but had a sense of honor and integrity that he always returned to.
He was irresistibly drawn to Scarlett, who he saw was just like him. Against his
better judgment, he fell in love with and married her, despite of her faults.
The first conflict was the War and its effects on the south. The characters were
trying to reclaim their old life, even though so much had changed. They had
dreams of victory despite the evidence of losing the battle. It is almost as if
everyone was in denial. The conflict was resolved when the war was over, the
soldiers came home, and everyone began trying to rebuild their lives. The second
conflict was that Scarlett believed she would marry Ashley Wilkes, and he
married Melanie. She tried to convince him not to, but he did not listen.
Throughout the story, she tried to charm him away from Melanie. The conflict was
resolved when Scarlett found out she really loved her husband, Rhett Butler. The
third conflict also involved Scarlett. She desperately needed money to keep Tara
from being taken by the carpetbaggers after the war. They wanted three hundred
dollars and she only had ten left. Scarlett went to Rhett (before they were
married) and he refused so she went to Frank Kennedy. He married her and helped
her open a business with Ashley. She was then able to pay the taxes with her
income and Tara was saved. The fourth conflict was another involving Scarlett.
Ashley asked her to take care of Melanie while he is gone to war. Scarlett does
not want to do it but feels obligated to. The arrival of Melanie?s baby came
on the night Atlanta was burning and there was no help for the delivery.
Scarlett?s strength in adversity took over, as did her promise to Ashley, so
she delivered the baby and brought both Melanie and her newborn child to the
safety of Tara. The resolution was that even though Scarlett did not want to
care for Melanie, she did anyway. It was not just because Ashley asked her to,
but because it needed to be done. This bonded Scarlett and Melanie. The fifth
conflict was Rhett?s problem with loving a woman who loved another man. He
gave into his love for her and then pulled back when he was hurt. He showed his
love the only way she would accept it- with money. This took care of her
problems and concerns about money. Rhett solved his problem by leaving Scarlett
and returning home. This story was about people?s hopes and dreams, about
honorable treatment of others, and about facing reality amidst adversity. There
is no truth or substance in trying to recapture the past. It becomes a foolish
obsession that causes self-defeat and confusion. The true dreams of tomorrow are
lived by honor, truth, and humility. We should accept things as they really are
and not how we would like them to be.
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