A powerful movie about the hardships of Reconstruction and Civil War.

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2017)

Gone with the Wind is a classic Civil War movie that recognizes the of faults of the War. The protagonist of the Gone with the Wind is Scarlett, who struggles through the hardships of Reconstruction and the Civil War. Gone with the Wind shows the weaknesses and strengths of the struggles of Reconstruction and how life was to be lived during the Civil War.Scarlett can be described as determined as she drives to achieve everything she desires. Scarlett aims to win Ashley Wilkes, and her failure to do so guides the plot of the novel. Scarlett loses her true love, Rhett Butler, because of her persistent desire to win Ashley. Gone with the Wind is based in the South. The movie is very persistent in allowing the viewer(s) to know that the Yankees in the war,are the bad people. Vivien Leigh is so powerful, passionate, magnificent and beautiful that you she plays the role of Scarlett perfectly. She brings something so convincing and human to the role of the selfish spoilt Scarlett, she is larger than life.The complicated relationship between Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley, and Melanie is the fuel that keeps the movie going. The performance done by these characters really allows the viewers to feel the urge of the desire portrayed by the characters to try and make their relationships work. Both parties would do anything for each other. Despite Scarlett's hardness, she grows as a person. She slowly comes to value Melanie's friendship and support. At the end of the movie, she finally realizes how ill-suited she and Ashley have always been for each other, and how little passion ever actually existed there. She realizes that she really does love Rhett and would do anything she could to get him back, so she goes after him.