Scarlett O Hara Character Analysis

When signing up for this course I was unsure about how I felt I would relate to the people and the places that we would learn about. As a person who searches within books, articles and movies for a relatable moment it took me some time to figure out how I fit into the history of slavery, or if I fit into it at all. As I began reading the assigned books and watching the assigned movies I still didn’t feel the connection, until we got to ‘Gone with the Wind’. This movie about the south in one of its darkest hours spoke to me, I had finally found someone to relate with. Scarlett O’Hara was that character, her authoritarian, overbearing, headstrong and audacious personality made me look at white women during the civil war and reconstruction in a new way. My interest with Scarlett is less about her story line and more about her personality, determination and where it comes from during a time period where women tended to not be as self successful or as persistent and how it reflects on my personal experience of a modern women . As a character we first …show more content…
Most people try and keep there inner scarlet locked inside, but to be honest who dosent want to take control and do what they feel like they need to do to get the job done. What most people look for in someone who inspires them is someone who moves forward despite adversity or failure, and Scarlett certaintly moves forward in her life despite many adversities. Her personality proggessed as the south did in the movie from relaxed and comfortable to opportunistic and resourceful, like the south pulled itself up from the bootstraps, so did scarlet. A mix of the past and the present at the end of the movie, leaves me to think of myself in modern times and how maybe being a little bit a scarlet isn’t so bad after