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    that in the pure face of it, she’s no model of feminism, having married her way to wealth not once but twice. I did very much enjoy reading Gone With The Wind when it didn’t drag on during the middle or how it spent four hundred pages explaining how Rhett can’t get the guts to tell Scarlett he actually loves her. I didn’t actually think I would like this book since it has always been portrayed as a “love story”, but I soon realized that it isn’t all about love, but rather the effects of war on…

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    Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone With the Wind, the characters show through their lives how the South drastically changes along with them. Providing a comparison with the South. Mitchell uses the transformation of the characters Scarlett O’Hara, Rhett Butler, and Ashley Wilkes to depict the drastic change the occurs throughout the South. She does this by using theme, point of view, and character. In the novel, they depict everyone…

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    Gone with the wind „Gone with the wind” by Margaret Mitchell was first published in 1936, it has received Pulitzer Prize and Academy price for Best picture, it is one of the best-loved novels on the BBC`s The Big Read inquiry. The film “Gone with the wind” was released in 1939, it has received 10 Oscars and is the highest grossing film of all the time. Both book and film are awarded and beloved by the audience and the readers. The main character is Scarlett O`Hara – daughter of a plantation…

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    Gone With The Wind

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    slaps him. Furthermore, when Rhett Butler announces to Scarlett that he must enlist in the army, fear takes over her face. Due to being an overdramatic woman, she subsequently slaps Rhett across the face. The sound that is produced when Vivien’s character slaps someone, makes the scene even more theatrical and dramatic. The process of selecting which angles to zoom in on, or simply editing, allows close ups of Scarlett’s emotional facial expressions. When Mr. Butler forces Scarlett to attend…

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    Movies have been made over the years that have sparked public outcry for being too racist or portraying a certain ethnicity in a poor light. Some would say that the movies are strictly for entertainment and that racism is truly not felt in the films. Two films that have sparked a great deal of public outcry would be Birth of a Nation, which was filmed in 1915. A more surprising film that has upset some people would be Gone with the Wind, which was filmed in 1939. Many people would not assume…

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    I was dispatched to 105 Sandra Circle in reference to a domestic disturbance. Upon arrival, I made contact with the victim(Vanessa Baker) and her children at the intersection of Rhett Ave and Butler Drive. I then called Brooks off to the side and asked Brooks what going on. Brooks advised that she and her children's father got into an argument tonight and it got physical. Brooks stated that she was putting her youngest daughter to sleep when her oldest daughter(Alexis Pressley) starting running…

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    In Gone With The Wind the main characters were Scarlett O’Hara, Rhett Butler, and Ashley Wilkes. These Characters were fully fictional she even tried not to name them after anyone in Atlanta. The main events in the movie were actual events such as the civil war happening ad them burning down Atlanta. One of the social issues it showed as the increase of poverty during the war. They had to pay a certain amount to keep the house and land. There was also a scarcity on food and clothing. Scarlett…

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    Gone with the Wind is a famous novel which was written by Margaret Mitchell,first published in 1936 and adapted to film having the same name in 1939. Both film and novel received positive appraises from adorer all over the world. It is the story of process of a girl named Scarlett O’Hara from the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner to a commercially successful businesswoman who fought for her own and family sake during the Civil War and the days of Reconstruction. The name of the…

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    but rather within oneself, resonates with me the most. Didion states that, “the dismal fact is that self-respect has nothing to do with the approval of others—who are, after all, deceived easily enough; has nothing to do with reputation—which, as Rhett Butler told Scarlett O’Hara, is something that people with courage can do without”. This argument made by Didion is the most effective to me, because daily I witness the younger generation, including myself, seeking self-respect through social…

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    Casablanca Movie Review

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    time Academy award winner continues to be hailed as one of the world's greatest love stories as 70 years later, viewers are still swept up into the tumultuous and tempestuous passion between Southern belle, Scarlet O'Hara, and the dashing rogue, Rhett Butler against the background…

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