Gone With the Wind Reflection post

 Gone with the wind

I watched "Gone with the wind" Thinking that It was going to be another long, boring history movie, but it wasn’t. There was a lot that happened in this movie and lots of details and always something interesting going on. On the eve of the American Civil War in 1861 Scarlett O’Hara lives at Terra and her family is caught in a plantation in Georgia with her parents.

Two sisters and their black slaves. Scarlet is deeply attracted to Ashley and learns he is to be married to his cousin Mammy who is played by Hattie McDaniel is the character in the movie who held the house together. Scarlett, who played Vivian Leigh, was always running off, and Hattie was always trying to get her back in the house and chasing after her. Mammy is always keeping the kids together and in line and making sure that they’re being taken care of. Scarlett O’Hara is surrounded by admirers and is crushed when her father Gerald O’Hara tells her Ashley's upcoming marriage to his cousin Melanie.

Scarlett is surrounded by a lot of admirers but it’s overtaken by jealousy when she sees Ashley and Melanie together. Scarlet works as a volunteer nurse tending to wounded and dying soldiers and Ashely makes Scarlett promise to look after Melanie. Scarlett is in love with Ashley and does not care when she tells him that she loves him, even though he is going to marry her cousin Melanie. She’s always judged, and everyone is jealous of her beauty. I did the engagement party the next day at Ashley’s  home 12 Oaks a nearby plantation Scarlett makes an advance on Ashley  but is rejected. Scarlett catches the attention of another guest Rhett Butler.

The party is disrupted by news of president Lincoln‘s call for volunteers to fight the south.. Scarlett Marries Melanie’s younger brother Charles to make Ashley jealous before he leaves to fight. This movie had many details, lots of jealousy and lots of different things going on, but it was actually interesting.. for thinking that I was going to be bored. I was surprised by all the details and I was also surprised that the movie was able to keep my attention. Scarlett was always so unsure about what she wanted and how she felt. 

I would recommend this movie to people who love history and love things like this. It is always fun to be surprised about what the movie is actually about rather then just assuming what it is going to be like I did. Again i thought it would just be another boring movie and although we weren't able to finish the whole movie I personally would watch it to learn more and be more educated on life like that back then.