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Summary: An everlasting impression
Review: I am sure that there are thousands who share the same feeling - there cudn't have been a more realistic & close to heart character portayal than that done by Mitchell. One has to read the book to understand how it can affect a person. I am sure no female ever gets over Rhett Butler (not even when her hair has turned gray - example my English literature teacher at school) and no man can resist Scarlett's charms (they are in the same boat as that of other fictitious characters in this epic).
A must read.
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Summary: MUCH better than the movie!!! ANd the movie was great!
Review: I had seen the movie and while I liked it, I HATED Scarlet. O.k. she's not my new best friend, but I understand her so much more now! And although I knew what was coming, I still cried in certain parts. By the time I closed the book, I thought if Scarlet didn't get Rhett, I would just die! Excellent book! If you haven't read it, pick it up!
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Summary: Gone with the wind
Review: When I first read this book a year ago, I fell in love with it.
i really enjoyed everything about this book. I cant tell you witch parts i like more.
This is the type of book that should be read by everybody!
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Summary: Wow
Review: Okay, I saw the movie and it was awesome. But it's nothing compared to this fast paced, brilliantly written book. I've read it twice in the past three months and each time it's been amazing. I would deffinatly reccomend this to absolutely everyone.
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Summary: The movie is one thing. The book is AMAZING
Review: I can't belive i made it to 30 without reading the novel! I had seen the movie countless times and always liked it. But when I finally picked up the book and decided it was high time I read it, I was blown away. I'm captivated by Scarletts strength and courage, her honesty, and even her vanity. I couldn't put it down and now I'm ready to start all over again. If you haven't given this book a chance, do it now! You'll wish you had read it at 16.
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Summary: Never get enough~
Review: ¡§Gone with the Wind¡¨ is my all-time favorite novel. I¡¦m so obsessed with the book that I think about it every day, in spite that I¡¦ve read it for like a hundred times. I cannot tell why I cannot get enough of the book. I¡¦ve been trying to tell myself that it¡¦s just a book of 1000 pages, telling the story of a belle¡¦s maturity and struggles for living, yet I just can¡¦t cut off my bond with it. Due to the colorful plot and intriguing dialogues, my opinion about it changes with time. As I first read it during junior high, I viewed it as a moving love story. Oddly, there was a time that I really hated the novel because it inevitably posed discrimination on African Americans. Nevertheless, my love for it was resurrected on my way of learning to grow up, for I highly respect the female main character, Scarlett O¡¦hara¡¦s courage and passion for living. Above all, I can always get something from reading the book. With its vivid description, I can picture a broad land, a luxurious house, people¡¦s looks in my mind. Though the novel is already pretty lengthy, still some parts were unsaid, leaving to readers¡¦ imagination. I guess that¡¦s one of the reasons that make the book so catchy and unforgettable. With its classic movie version, it¡¦s amazing that my thoughts about it remain unaffected. The book is generally true to its historic background, and since the author depicts female mind profoundly, I can easily comprehend the idea she tried to convey or the metaphors. When Scarlett is happy or heart-broken, it seems like I¡¦m just there on the scene, feeling the trouble or pleasure she is confronted with. And it¡¦s one of the few books that make women respectable and independent, causing me to identify with it even more. I won¡¦t deny the fact that I¡¦m an incurable fan of the novel. It enriches my life and somehow glorifies my imagination. I will follow the strong determination the book suggests: ¡§Never ever give up!¡¨
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Summary: she broke my heart
Review: Well, it's a girl's world. The world of Gloria Steinem and popular feminism, as distilled on the TV (including CBC shows, not all fundamentalist Hollywood garbage) of my youth is GONE. Now the girls run the show. You're not allowed to call them sluts. And it's impossible to call them virgins. They're all doing Rhett Butler. So what are they? Idiots. If you want your daughter to growing up thinking that she has to bully people to get what she wants, that she has to side with bullies, that ignorance and violence are good, I heartily recommend this book. Hope you like the Gangstas. It's what you deserve.
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Summary: Southern Propaganda.
Review: The book was well written but personally I liked the movie better. Yes the book was about many things but the part that urked me was the romanticized view of the South's struggle with "the low class treacherous Yankees" and the so called uppity negroes. Oh how insolent and thirsty these "brutes" were for any thing white in a dress (southern propaganda of the reconstruction era and of Mitchell's own era.) Mitchell leaves out the fact that almost every Southern slave owner was himself only a gentleman during the day but at night was more treacherous to black womanhood than any "darky" ever was to that of white womanhood. Unfortunately many Americans know very little about history and therefore will sadly accept the lies and fantasies that Mitchell's book has exposed our society to. As I stated earlier, it was well written and I took great pains to read it in its entirety waiting for the point in which Mitchell's account of the South would be fair and balanced (since the movie wasn't so bad) but unfortunately it seemed Mitchell really believed that blacks who had been stolen from their homeland, whipped for not picking someone else's cotton fast enough, raped by their masters, abused by jealous mistresses were supposed to turn around after being freed and say "thankee Massuh fo' all dat ya dun dun fo' me." Thank goodness for Alex Haley's Roots!
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Summary: "After all, tomorrow is another day"
Review: this book is so great. i read it a couple years back and reread it about once every 2 months. i love it so much. It's set in the Civil Era and displays how the civil war changed people's lives. Scarlett O'Hara is very childish and flirty at the beginning, with no care in the world. When the war comes, she is widowed and her family's land is ransacked and destroyed, leaving Scarlett to start from scratch. The land meant a lot to her "pa" which is why Scarlett throws away all her views on women working and gets down and dirty. One of the things that makes this such a great novel is that while Scarlett is growing into a mature young lady, she is also falling in love with Rhett Butler. Rhett is the only one who truly understands her character, deep down inside. He loves her and they marry. Lots of twists and a crushing ending take place throughout the book. A very long read but well worth it. My favorite character is Rhett because he struggles to make Scarlett happy. In the end he realizes the truth. I wont give anything away. Though I'm sure you already know what happens. this is without a doubt, one of my favorite books. PEACE & LOVE
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Summary: A long read about an unlikeable character
Review: I am sorry , but I did not like Gone With The Wind(I am a senior in highschool and despite what everyone thinks about highschoolers, I am well read. And I have read books by James A Michener and John Jakes). I will admit that Scarlett has an amazing ability to survive, but it is only by her own selfishness that she does. I would rather read a different book about the civil war that contains better people than Scarlett. I feel sorry for the men that fall in love with Scarlett and I feel sorry for Scarlett because the one man she loves is lost to her. I do not believe in pining after something one cannot have, it wastes a lot of time and is too much wasted emotion. Even though I do not like Scarlett, I do appreciate the facts that Mitchell worked in about the civil war, such as the burning of Atlanta and what happened when the former slaves were given the right to vote and hold office. All in all, Gone With The Wind is an O.K. book, if you do not mind inconclusive endings and selfish people.
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