Common Ground In Jane Austen's Gone With The Wind

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In the beginning of the classic novel Gone with the Wind, Scarlett is living on a plantation in northern Georgia called Tara. The book is set in the early 1860s when the tensions between the north and south are just beginning. Initially, Scarlett doesn't really appreciate the treasure of land. As the war progresses, Scarlett begins to realize how really, truly important Tara is. One of the themes of this classic novel is the importance of land especially during hard times. In the beginning stages of the book, Scarlett doesn't appreciate the importance of land.All she cares about is her good looks, her social life, and getting all the beaux that she could. Her dad asks her"Do you mean to tell me, Katie Scarlett O'Hara, that Tara, that land doesn't mean anything to you? Why, land is the only thing in the world worth workin' for, worth fightin' for, worth dyin' for, because it's the only thing that lasts." In the start of the book she is …show more content…

Many people also agreed with the theory that Scarlett got better when she was at home such as her husband at the time Rhett Butler. After she went back to Atlanta, the siege was over and the town was ruined. Almost everything was burned to the ground and many people are homeless. So Scarlett a while after the siege marries Rhett Butler to ensure that she and her family will never be in poverty or hungry ever again. A few weeks after they are married, Scarlett finds out that she is going to have a baby. But, she falls down the stairs, snd she tragically has a miscarriage. After her miscarriage, she is very weak and unhealthy, so she decided to go home to her plantation, Tara. When she came home from Tara she was her old self and her strength was restored. Later after this instance, Scarlett finally realized how truly important her small plantaion in northern Georgia meant to

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