Gone With the Wind Reflection

 

  Gone With the Wind is a historical romance movie which was an adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel. It takes place in the old south during the Civil War and later, the Reconstruction Era. This film stares Scarlett O'Hara, who is the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner. She lives with her family and her slave mammy. She falls in love with a man named Ashley Wilkes, who later marries his cousin. Scarlett later marries a man named Charles to make Ashley jealous. Charles enlists in the Confederate Army, and later dies. As a newly widowed woman, Scarlet begins to show interest in Rhett Butler, a man she had met at Ashley's engagement party. As the Union army destroys the city of Atlanta,  Scarlett finds her deserted hometown, and vows to protect her family. 

    This film portrayed a different side of slavery that is not commonly talked about. It shows the house workers as oppose to the field workers. Mammy is one of the characters that represents a house worker. The women generally worked in the house as maids, nannies, etc. These women basically raise the children and in some cases worked as wet nurses. This was something that really resinated with me while what Mammy's character. 

  Another scene that resinated with me was when Scarlet danced at the charity event. Charles had just passed and there are specific rules set for those in mourning. When Scarlet danced in her all black dress those rules were violated, but she did so anyway. This was a very powerful scene for me to watch, it truly felt like I was in that time period watching this moment.