Gone With the Wind - Finished

Well, that was a loooong novel! Exciting and enthralling as well, thank you universe.

Gone With the Wind is one of those rare gems that actually made me cry at the end. I just knew that sick feeling in Scarlett's frenzied heart when she realized that she had been a fool pining over Ashley for all those years and that she truly loved Rhett. And the shock of Rhett's rejection just cut me to the core. I am the same as Scarlett in thinking that he just has to change his mind. He cannot just stop loving her after admiring and protecting her for so many years.

Scarlett and I could definitely go wine for wine on a girls night discussing this. And then out for breakfast the next morning to talk some more. And then some casual drivebys in the afternoon. Whilst talking.

It was so interesting to me when Scarlett made the realization that Ashley was not someone that she was in love with, but rather an idea that she had created and stubbornly held on to. She had loved him like a set of clothing, that anyone could have worn. And she knew, finally, that if he had given into her at anytime, she would have washed her hands of him and found a new object to fixate on.

Even after one thousand pages, I wish that I could read on and find out what happens to Scarlett. It is the saddest thing in the world to have regrets in matters of the heart and she has many.

The line where Scarlett says that she will make Rhett love her and make him come back to her is a little bit creepy (although I totally have her back on that one). It kind of seems that its not the love that she wants, its getting what she can't have. Being able to control the situation and control a man. I wonder if Rhett gave into her, if she would lose that love.

I'm watching the movie tonight and I'm curious to see if it ends the same as the book. I would like the film to be true to the book, however a fabulous, romantic ending never hurt anyone!

Gone With the Wind - Halfway Through

Wow. I know its been awhile since I started this book but its not for lack of trying. Its over a thousand pages and I'm happy to report that I am as enthralled at page 502 as I was at 12. After falling asleep during the movie about a million times, its a great surprise that this book is so interesting. I am so in love with Scarlett and want to be just like her. I am surprised that she is not madly in love with Rhett Butler because of the way he is described. I know I would be all about him if I were her.

I'm pretty sick of the Civil War and I'm not actually sure what exactly everyone is fighting about, slaves maybe? I guess I'm just not a fan or war in any capacity and the details of it are educational but also really hard to digest.

I liked the part on page 429 that described Gerald's love for Ellen:
   He never would be any different and now Scarlett realized the truth and accepted it without emotion -     that until he died Gerald would always be waiting for Ellen, always listening for her. He was in some dim borderline country where time was standing still and Ellen was always in the next room. The mainspring of his existence was taken away when she died and with it had gone his bounding assurance, his impudence and his restless vitality. Ellen was the audience before which the blustering drama of Gerald O'Hara had been played. Now the curtain had been rung down forever, the footlights dimmed and the audience suddenly vanished, while the stunned old actor remained on his empty stage, waiting for his cues.
So beautiful.

Cool word: TEMERITY - unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

This is a novel that I have been so pumped to read every since it was recommended to me by my very smart friend Julie. She read it while in China and said that it became on of those books that she couldn't stop talking to everyone she met about. I really trust her judgement in books so I trust that this will be a new favorite!