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Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
For as long as I can remember, the movie has been my absolute number one favorite. I had never read the book.
I devoured this book in a total of about ten hours, in several sittings, and with some distractions (boo). I want to read it again already.
It was an unexpected surprise to see that the movie adaptation was so well done. I was fine with what was left out of the movie.
Scarlett O'Hara is one of the most misunderstood heroines of all time in my opinion, evidenced by the way in which so many refuse to acknowledge that she IS a heroine. She is selfish. Manipulative. Jealous. A sinner. The opposite of a lady. Etc, etc. What moves me about her is WHY she is all these things, and that is something many people do not look for or maybe just don't care about. Scarlett is a survivor. Strong. Brave. Self-reliant. She is able to comparmentalize everything she was raised to be in its own corner of her mind and overcome everything the Civil War tore from her BECAUSE she was able to comparmentalize it. Her refusal to dwell on the past is inspiring.
Scarlett's ignorance related to the grand love she believed she had for Ashley and the fact that she is so completely in love with Rhett from the moment she laid eyes on him makes me want to reach in to the pages and literally shake the knowledge into her. Where I part ways with those who love this story as much as I do is in that I have read the sequel, Scarlett, many times-and I've LOVED it. People say Gone With the Wind is not a love story. It is. It is a story about the love of land, friends, family, and yes-romantic love. The sequel continues the saga with more emphasis on the romance, but does it all spectacularly as far as I am concerned. To the naysayers, I say "Frankly, my dear-I don't give a damn."
I devoured this book in a total of about ten hours, in several sittings, and with some distractions (boo). I want to read it again already.
It was an unexpected surprise to see that the movie adaptation was so well done. I was fine with what was left out of the movie.
Scarlett O'Hara is one of the most misunderstood heroines of all time in my opinion, evidenced by the way in which so many refuse to acknowledge that she IS a heroine. She is selfish. Manipulative. Jealous. A sinner. The opposite of a lady. Etc, etc. What moves me about her is WHY she is all these things, and that is something many people do not look for or maybe just don't care about. Scarlett is a survivor. Strong. Brave. Self-reliant. She is able to comparmentalize everything she was raised to be in its own corner of her mind and overcome everything the Civil War tore from her BECAUSE she was able to comparmentalize it. Her refusal to dwell on the past is inspiring.
Scarlett's ignorance related to the grand love she believed she had for Ashley and the fact that she is so completely in love with Rhett from the moment she laid eyes on him makes me want to reach in to the pages and literally shake the knowledge into her. Where I part ways with those who love this story as much as I do is in that I have read the sequel, Scarlett, many times-and I've LOVED it. People say Gone With the Wind is not a love story. It is. It is a story about the love of land, friends, family, and yes-romantic love. The sequel continues the saga with more emphasis on the romance, but does it all spectacularly as far as I am concerned. To the naysayers, I say "Frankly, my dear-I don't give a damn."