My roommate Kristen is arguably Gone With The Wind's (GWTW) biggest fan under the age of 30.
EVIDENCE:
Three of her collectibles are currently being lent out to friends who are experiencing the classic novel for the first time. Finding very old, rare editions of GWTW is one of her passions as well as lending out her books for friends and family to enjoy. But seriously, how cool is that plate?
Why is GWTW your favorite novel?
It's the first book that's ever made me truly proud to be from Atlanta/ the south. I grew up learning GA history in school, my dad dragging us to the Civil War sites, seeing all the signs around town but I never really understood until I read GWTW. Then not only did I understand but I was proud of my city. I understand why people fly the Confederate flag. It is not racist, people that respect it for any reason other than the rise again of Atlanta and the South are completely misunderstanding.
The book talks about the war and places where I grew up, roads that I drive along daily and it does so in a story about a girl that at the same time is destroyed and rises back up. She is wrong in much that she does and has to change with the times..just as the South does.
What does it mean for Atlanta and the South?
To me it shows that the South can and did come back from anything. Atlanta was a city that was completely destroyed and today is one of the biggest in the nation.
What do you like most about Scarlett? What turns you off?
Her drive. She will do anything for her family and never, ever accepted defeat. She almost reminds me of a Blair Waldorf :)
Gossip Girl reference, another one of our obsessions
Do you consider yourself a Scarlett or a Melanie?
I would like to be a Scarlett but I think I have more characteristics of Melanie. She is the real southerner in the book. She knows what she is doing every step of the way. Scarlett see's her as meek and dumb but she's in fact crazy smart. She knows that being a lady will not only get things done but she will be respected. She is in a way the smartest in the novel, without her more than once Scarlett would have been shunned by society. Because society respected Melanie when she sticks up for Scarlett as family no one questions her.
Why do you think Scarlett’s children were not a part of the movie?
I think it was a brilliant part of the directors plan. When you read the novel you continually ask yourself why Scarlett never has her children around or talk about them, love them even. It emphasizes even moreso how much they were not a part of her life that only those that have read the novel can truly understand.
Knowing that Rhett was a rebel, would you have dated him? Why or why not?
Definitely, so much adventure!
Would you rather live in Pre Civil War Tara or the Post Civil War Peachtree Mansion?
Um, one day I will live in a Post-Civil War Peachtree Mansion;)
