Gone with the Wind Part 2

 ‘Gone with the wind’ is a story of love and war (American Civil War) and one of the best-selling books all the time. ‘Gone with the Wind Part 2’ follows the story about Scarlett’s life after American Civil War. The author is of course Margaret Mitchel. ‘Gone with the Wind’ made her very famous.  

     I understood the meaning of the title when I finished reading. Southern lost the war and everything in South was destroyed and was taken by Yankees, who are from North. Everything in South had ‘Gone with the Wind’. But protagonist, Scarlett never gave up. She was brave and strong like a man. Many people disliked her because the stereotype about women at that type was feminine or weak. Scarlett did everything to save her family’s home place, Tara. Even people were cool with her.

     If the war is over, we think the peace is coming. But it isn’t collect. Even the war was over, Yankees did horrible to Southern people. Yankees told them to pay very high tax. Yankees raped women in South. People murdered to save their lives. Now in Japan there is no war and most of live our lives happily. We never ever have to murder to save lives. This book tells us how wonderful it is to live happily and safely. Today is the anniversary of the end of the Pacific war. We should think about the war deeply and observe a minute of silence.

     I recommend you to read this book. But before reading this one, you must read Part 1 of course! Maybe you can’t get the story without reading Part 1. There is my favorite phrase in Part 2. ‘I’ll think of it tomorrow at Tara, because tomorrow is another day.’

Nanako