Gone with the Wind | Suggested Essay Topics

Part I, Chapters 1-7
1. Although Scarlett is now a 17-year-old widowed mother, her behavior is not much different than it was when she was a 16-year-old, childless, single Southern belle. How does this reflect both her lack of emotional growth and wartime mores?
2. How does Ellen’s “treatment” of Gerald offer insight as to the traditional roles of male and female in the antebellum South?
3. Part I has introduced us to the different types of slaves and their positions in the family. Using specific characters, explain each different type of slave and what the...


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