Gone With The WInd

I have just started reading Gone With The Wind, a classic by Margaret Mitchell. I saw the movie first, which is very long, but very good. It takes place just before the Civil War in the county of Clayton in Georgia. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is a Southern-bell in the confederacy who has always gotten everything she wanted with her witty charm and believes there will be no war. A useless argument at the time, with all the men around her having their guns already loaded. Scarlett felt that the idea of a war would compete with the attention given to her social life, parties, dresses, and power over her peers. When war would become the topic, she would describe how bored she was with the topic, which would cause all the men to beg for forgiveness for not being exciting enough. I feel that as the 1037 classic progresses, Scarlett will have to face life without all of the attention on her.