Gone with the wind report
Gone with wind is a story that it talks about the war between Northern America and South America. My main character in the story is Scarlett O’Hara, how she behave, how she dressed, how her parents used to treat her and raise her, I am also going to talk about her emotional life : who she loved and loved her?
In the book Gone with the wind Scarlett bring different life to the story. She was the first daughter between her families; she had two sisters’ younger called “Suellen” O’Hara and Carreen O’Hara. Her dad “Gerald O’Hara ” spoiled her a lot because he never had a boy and he gets older, her mother “Ellen O’Hara” was so strict about raising her and her two sisters. Scarlett wasn’t that beautiful but she wasn’t ugly ether. So, all the men did not realize this when caught by her charm. The only man that she loved between the others is Ashely which she knew that he will get married to Melanie. She worked so hard to make him attracted to her and leave Melanie. She wanted him to get married to her instead Melanie before it was too late. And she knew that Ashely is care about her but he is not interested to get married her as what he told her. Charles Hamilton was so in love with Scarlett just like the other men and he was so shy. He asked her to marry him at the barbecue party. Unfortunately, Scarlett said yes only to get revenge from Ashely because he refused her and she announced in the same evening that Ashely announced his engagement too, even her mother tried her best to convince Scarlett to rethink decision about marriage but Scarlett’s tenacity becume stronger than anything.
The men go off to war and Charles dies shortly after of pneumonia. Scarlett is widowed early with son called Wade Hampton Hamilton. Ellen O’Hara gives Scarlett permission to go to Atlanta and stay with Melanie and her Aunt Pittypat. She worked in the hospital as nurse only because she had to. In one evening while the war continued between the Yankee army and the Southern army Scarlett, Melanie, and Aunt Pittypat volunteered at a charity dance for the Southern army. Scarlett loved the life, elegant and dress well but unfortunately, she was widowed early. She was looking to other girls while they are dancing and felt jealousy of them, her feet was almost dancing behind the table. However, while her eyes were looking at the others enjoying their time she feels someone looked at her and smiling at her. She seen him in the first time in the barbecue party and she remember him, he is Rhett Butler. Then he bids $150 to dance with her at the charity dance. All of the people at the dance were shouked by this since she was just recently widowed and other girls feel jealous and mad.
Scarlett and Rhett become close and she spends time with him and they become almost friends because he is the only man who knows about her love. Rhett was likes Scarlett. So, he was used to taking care of her very carefully and he used say to her “kissed and often, by someone who knows how.” He used to bring to her gifts because he wants to impress her. But she never think of him as gentleman or took him in consider active. However, she accepted his present and pretends to the other that she paid her own money and bought from him.
In the Christmas the army took three days break Ashely asked Scarlett to look after Melanie because she is pregnant. As it was shocking news for Scarlett as she was responsible of her. She feels very jealous of Melanie and she hates her. However, Scarlett did her best to look after Melanie and protect her because she promises the love of her life Ashely. She was wearing black dress while she so young and loved the fashion and beautiful clothes. After the war when she knew about Rhett that he is in prison and she does not want to be hungry or poor any more, she become with an idea with her maid Mame, they did a dress from the curtains only because she want to meet with him and took information about his money and in the sometime she felt that she need to see him but she does not know why!. In this part she prove to the reader how she was selfish, clever, and she had a great taste in clothes. She was kind at the same time, because she thought of his father, her sisters, her kids, Melanie with her baby and Ashely. Even Tara the place that she grow up in, she had to pay the taxes that Yankees put it after the war and don’t let Jonas Wilkerson put his hand on this farm.
Scarlett is by far the most developed character in gone with wind. She stands out because she is strong and saves her family but is incredibly selfish and petty at the same time. When she went to Rhett asks him for money he rejected her. She goes back feel sad and desperate because she couldn’t find enough money for herself, her child or for Tara. In her way she was hope to hang Rhett. Frank Kennedy was on the carriage and he recognized her in the street, he helped her into the carriage because it was raining. One thing to nether by talking she noticed how well dressed he was. Even the carriage was new too. He told her his plans and what he will do in the future with his money. Suddenly, an idea comes into her mind and because she was selfish she know that she have to get marriage to him instead her sister Suellen. She lied to him and she says my sister going to marry Tony Fontaine next month. During two weeks she made him feel like a strong, worm-hearted man who was enough to catch a charming woman. Frank Kennedy gets married to Scarlett in short time! He only knew for the first time in his life he had done something wonderful and exciting. For Scarlett it was something normal, not that important and it was the second husband. And before he knew it, he was married.
After that Scarlett had a letter from Suellen. A violent, insulting letter. Which made Scarlett never forgave her for saying them even many of the things in the letter was true. Suddenly, the taxes paid and many people blamed Scarlett because she used to deal with the Yankees but she never care as usual, Tara is safe now and this the important now. Nobody knew when Frank realized that Scarlett tricked him into marrying him. He found Tony Fontaine in town doing some business; also, he is not married. Then Frank couldn’t belief that Scarlett had married him coldly and without any love.
After all, Scarlett was kind person and scare kid as will. She took care of Melanie and her baby when were no body looking after them. She did her best to move them from town until Tara when the Yankees enter in. She loved her family. She acted in crazing way when her mother dies. She did her best to save Tara from her enemies and the Yankees army. Also, she feels sad when Rhett leave after Ashely die and those men were the only men who she loved ever. Scarlett gets married for third time to Rhett after Frank dies, and they have daughter. But she fell down from the horse in broke her neck and die.