Gone With The Wind

By Adriana ŢereiXII E

Colegiul Naţional”Elena Ghiba Birta”

Table of contents

• Margaret Mitchell’s work:’Gone With The Wind’

• The character of Scarlett O’Hara in ‘Gone With The Wind’

Margaret Mitchell

• Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1900

• She was the American author of ‘Gone With The Wind

• In 1937 she received the Pulitzer Prize for this novel

• When she was 15 she wrote ‘Lost Laysen’, which was published in 1996.

The Book

• It was published in 1936

• It had an extraordinary success

• The author took in consideration some others titles before the current one

• Is a war novel, a historic and beautiful romance• It’s major themes: survival, love and war• Presents two different worlds• The literary technique of the novel is

‘Bildungsroman’ • The plot is full of vivid characters

Scarlett O’Hara

• It is the main character of the book

• The plot follows her evolution: from a young woman into adulthood

• She is a strong, very brave and powerful woman

• She can adapt to the new world that the war brought

Antithesis

• Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler represent the new society-after war

• Ashley Wilkes an Melanie Hamilton represent the old society-before war

• Rhett Butler - a major role in

Scarlett’s life• The power of Tara’s

plantation • The novel has a ‘no

conclusive’ end