Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Jornal #11

Scarlett O’Hara


     Scarlet O’Hara in the novel Gone with the Wind was born during Civil War. She is not a beautiful in a conventional sense. The young southern belle Scarlett grows up on the Georgia plantation of Tara. She is forced to do things and never thought a girl of her class and nature would have to do. She is faced with many serious problems. She stays strong, although sometimes live in a daydream. She lives for the future and not the past. Scarlett would have broken down in the very beginning after the war had started. Scarlett described as being sixteen years old, the oldest of three daughters. She is a selfish, shrewd and vain. She inherits the strong will of her father Gerald O’Hara. Scarlett loves Ashley Wilkes, but when his engagement to meek and mild mannered Melanie is announced, she marries Melanie’s brother, Charles Hamilton. However, her new husband dies early in the war, and Tara falls into the marauding hands of the Yankee. In the face of hardship, a window marries her sister’s beau, Frank Kennedy, in order to get funds to pay the taxes on and save her family’s beloved home. She is capable of incredible, unforeseen fortitude when she is cornered. In time of crisis, she shows in her resourceful nature. As a result, she becomes very disliked by the people of Georgia. She’s ongoing internal conflict between her feeling for Ashley and her attraction to the sardonic, opportunistic Rhett Butler – who becomes her third husband. They make love one night and create a child – Katie. She didn’t tell him about Katie until four year after. Scarlett is an intelligent women but she doesn’t recognize the depth of her feeling. That the reason why her third husband walks out of her life after their child goes away. Scarlett finally reveals her true feeling for Rhett, when it all to clear is too late. She becomes a lone without friends and family.
     Scarlet O’Hara in the novel Gone with the Wind was born during the Civil War. She is a vain, shrewd and selfish. Scarlet is very vain in her life because she is a pretty, coquettish lady. The young southern belle Scarlett grew up on the Georgia plantation of Tara in the years before the Civil War. She inherits the strong will of her father Gerald O’Hare. She shoulders the troubles of her family and friends. She loves Ashley Wilkes, but when his engagement to meek and mild mannered Melanie is announced, she marries Melanie’s brother, Charles Hamilton. However, her new husband dies early in the war, and Tara falls into the marauding hands of the Yankee. Scarlett is also a selfish person. Her ability to be headstrong, stubborn and to go after what she wants despite what society might think. She doesn’t care what others say, what hardships may come her way. She exemplifies the meaning of “Tomorrow is another day” and another day to fight on and to hope. When Tara falls into the marauding hands of the Yankees. In the face of hardship, the widow marries her sister’s beau, Frank Kennedy, in order to get funds to pay the taxes on and save her family’s beloved home. Scarlett, who is not beautiful in a conventional sense, is a shrewd. Scarlett’s second husband was one that she loved no more than her first. She married him during the reconstruction period. She extracted the money from him and led him to a hard live. He was shot in a raid on Shantytown, where Scarlett had been attacked. She is capable of incredible, unforeseen fortitude when she is cornered. In time of crisis, she shows in her resourceful nature. She is faced with many serious problems. She stays strong, although sometimes daydreams about fantasy world. She lives for the future and not the past. She is an intelligent woman but she doesn’t recognize the depth of her feeling. That is the reason why her third husband walks out on her life after their child passed away. Scarlett finally reveals her true feeling for Rhett, when it was clearly too late. She is very shrewd, selfish and vain so she has big tragic life in the end.

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