A Timeless Classic: Gone With the Wind By. Margaret Mitchell
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Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is a well-written and descriptive story
of a young southern belle named Scarlett O'Hara and her life during the Civil war. The
story takes place mainly in Atlanta, Georgia and is set in the Civil war era. Scarlett is a
very selfish, yet charismatic character who puts on a very tough-girl, rough exterior. She
lives on large plantation named Tara with her mother Ellen, father Gerald, sisters Careen,
Ellen and Suellen, and several black slaves and farmers including Scarlett's nurse and
personal slave Mammy. Tara is a plantation that was brought up by her father when he
immigrated to Atlanta from Ireland. He is a very proud and hot tempered man with a
tendency to drink a great deal. Her mother Ellen, on the other hand, is very calm and
reserved. She only married Gerald because her father had forbidden her to marry her true
love, her cousin Philippe. Throughout the story the two never show any emotion or
feeling toward each other. This greatly influences Scarlett and her view on love and
marriage as she goes through many different suitors as the story unfolds...