Historical Summary & Evaluation of Gone With the Wind
The movie is historical and romantic and it shows racist views of slavery through the portrayal of the black characters. However, it gives an outstanding view of the South. It is not only a good love flick but is also a great Civil War saga. The movie follows the life of a Southern woman Scarlett O'Hara who experiences wealth, poverty, the Civil War, and the reconstruction of the South. She must use courage to bare the war. Although it may seem like the Yankees were the good guys and the Confederates were the bad guys, the movie portrays the Yankees as horrible people who spoil the gentility of the Confederates. Gone with the Wind considers the dramatic changes that take place in the American South between the period of 1861 and 1873. This change is reflected in the character Scarlett who changes from a spoiled, strong-willed flirt, into a mature, giving, and equally strong-willed woman. The movie displays scenes of hundreds of broken bodies lying, bleeding, and dying which is realistic because that is how the battlefield really looked. Throughout the movie, there were some scenes that displayed historical accuracy and there were some scenes that were fiction. The movie shows the dramatic changes of the South through
a girl named Scarlett. Scarlett was not a person who really experienced the Civil War, but her reactions and actions to the event are accurate. For example, women in the 1860s were not encouraged to display any interest in governmental events. Scarlett shows no interest or knowledge in the war except battles her husband experience. Something I thought was fiction was the barbecue during the war. However, various parties and dances took place in 1861. I found out that the rush of weddings that took place after the firing of Fort Sumner was true. In addition, more men died from diseases like dysentery, diarrhea, typhoid, and malaria than they did from battle. This was true in the movie and in real life. It is fact that pregnancy was rarely discussed in the 1860s and it was undesirable for a woman to nurse her own child and have a nanny to care for the infant. Scarlett does the same upon the birth of her son. She does not discuss pregnancy and she cares very little for her son. When Scarlett travels to Atlanta, she sees a vibrant town teaming with people and productivity and see busy factories which must produce goods for the Confederacy. In reality, the factories in Atlanta are among the very few in the South. The factories in Atlanta supply the entire Confederate Army, a huge task for such a small city. It is a rule by the Rules of Society that a
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