Gone With the Wind

 In my opinion Gone with the Wind was one of the best historical movies I have ever seen. I never thought that an old movie such as this could be so detailed in showing the different events that happened in the south during the civil war. I really felt that it captured the reactions of the south losing the war. 

It also shows, I think accurately depicts what slavery was like during that time. It showed many types of slaves, house slaves and working ones but it also showed how different people treated them.

In the beginning I personally thought that Scarlet O'Hara was playing every guy and thought she was the main character in everyone's lives, trying to steal husbands away from ladies. Even one of the confederate generals took a liking for Scarlet and liked her for who she is but all she cared about was marrying Ashley.

I also think that Scarlet did not really care about the true cause of the war at all. She just thought the war was a way to kill men and thought that it was taking away the nice things she could get in life.

What really surprised me is that during Sherman's march Scarlet decided to stay and not flee. She stayed and tried taking care of her friend who was having a baby, which in my eyes is a bad idea. During Sherman's march it was very detailed in showing the methods he used to ultimately destroy every village and city he ran through. 

I thought that the last scene in act 1 depicted a very ture scenario when Scarlet went back to her home plantation and everything was taken. It really showed how ruthless the North was to the South in the war and it showed how every southerner was effected.