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1、 By Margaret Mitchell 11.About the author2.Introduction of main characters3.Plot summary4.Conclusion23About the author Margaret Mitchell Margaret Mitchell (November 8, 1900 August 16, 1949) was an American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel Gone with the Wind. The novel is one
2、of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 30 million copies .4About the author Early life 5About the author Writing Gone with the Wind 6About the author Death 78 Scarlett OHaracharacters9charactersShe is the main character of the novel. She is the daughter of Gerald and Ellen OHara an
3、d is accustomed to getting her own way, whether with clothes or boys. She surrounds herself with young men, flirting mercilessly and is not above stealing the beaux of other girls. She is willful, conniving, and yet far more intelligent than well-bred girls are supposed to be. Scarlett OHara10 Ashle
4、y WilkescharactersHusband to Melanie Hamilton and object of Scarletts life-long fantasy. He is a true member of the old south who feels unable to cope with the new world.11Melanie HamiltoncharactersWife to Ashley Wilkes and sister-in-law to Scarlett. Described by Rhett as the only truly kind person
5、he has ever known. Unable to believe anything bad about people she loves.12characters Rhett ButlerScarletts lifelong antagonist who is in love with her from the moment he sees her. He is an opportunist willing to take advantage of any situation, but not without kindness or generosity under the right
6、 conditions. 1314Plot summaryScarlett confesses her love to Ashley and this has been seen by Rhett Butler.15Plot summaryScarlett and Charles marry, Melanies shy young brother. Because she wants to hurt Ashley.16Plot summaryDetermined to pay the taxes on Tara, she betrays her sister and marries her s
7、ister beau(男朋男朋友）友）, who now owns a general store.17Plot summaryFrank ends up death in an accident. At that time, Rhett proposes to Scarlett and she quickly accepts and becomes pregnant.18After Bonnie, their child, is killed in a horse-riding accident. Rhett nearly loses his mind and love for Scarle
8、tt and leaves her.Plot summary19Plot summaryScarlett concludes that she truly love Rhett and makes her mind to go back to Tara to think a way to win him back.2021ConclusionThe mood of this novel is very sympathetic toward the south and the old customs, but avoids sentimentality. The narrator objecti
9、vely acknowledge the changes brought by the war and the to accept and live with change. Although she creates Scarlett as a rather unlovable character, a reader soon develops a love/hate sensation toward her. The historical passages are presented as objective and factual which makes them seem more ac
10、curate than they are at times.22ConclusionWith its richly detailed evocation of a former age, its narrative engagement, its compelling portrait of the archetypal human instinct for survival, and its reflection of the contrariness of romantic , dreams. Gone with the wind continues to capture entertai
11、n, excite, and sometimes exasperate readers. As well as being a gripping novel of epic proportions, it is valuable as a historical document-though one that must be carefully read. A vivid record of a segment of life in the nineteenth-century South, the novel is also the record of a twentieth-century
12、 sensibilitys engagement with the regions past. 23ConclusionMitchells work broke sales records, its scope and vision was compared with Tolstoys War and Peace, the new Yorker praised it, and the poet and critic John Crowe Ransom admired “the architectural persistence behind the big work”, but critici
13、zed it as overly Southern, particularly in its treatment of Reconstruction. Malcolm Cowleys disdain in his review originated partly from the view, that Mitchell had written a bestseller. John Peale Bishop dismissed it as merely “one more of those 1000 page novels, competent but neither very good nor very sound”. Not surprisingly, Gone with the Wind was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1937.2425262728293031 Producer: Sarah32
