![]() ![]() The excessive descriptions given throughout the book are my main issue. She grows enough, to finally realize that everything she’s ever wanted was in front of her the whole time. Scarlett had been married 3 times and had 3 children by the end of the story. When she can’t get Ashley to change his mind about marrying Melanie, and he refuses her, she throws a bowl at the fireplace. She refuses to eat so she can wear a dress that isn’t wholly appropriate for the occasion. ![]() She wants to be the prettiest girl at the barbecue, she wants to get the attention of Ashley Wilkes. In many ways she acts as though she is a toddler, stomping her feet because she can’t get her way. When I say that Scarlett is petty and selfish, I don’t mean in a way you may expect a 16-year-old to act. She goes from a petty, selfish 16-year-old boy crazy girl to a self-confident 28-year-old woman. In this 960 page novel, you watch Katie Scarlett O’Hara grow and change. The word and some of the thoughts/attitudes in the book were common both when the book was written and when it is set. That is the racist undertones in the story and the repeated use of a derogatory word. GWTW received the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and was made into an Oscar award-winning movie in 1939.Īs one may expect, a trigger warning comes with this book. I read the Scribner trade paperback edition printed in 2011. ![]() Gone With the Wind (GWTW) was first published in 1936, and has been reprinted multiple times and in 16 different languages. ![]()
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