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benconstine
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Gone with the Wind

« on: July 11, 2008, 08:54:12 PM »

Has anyone else read this? I just finished it, and enjoyed it a lot.

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Re: Gone with the Wind

« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2008, 09:38:06 PM »

Quote from: Jack Point the Jester on July 11, 2008, 09:36:36 PM

Never read it, gave up on the movie about an hour in.

A friend of mine loves the book, and she kept bothering me to read it; then she complained I was taking too long Tongue

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Re: Gone with the Wind

« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2008, 01:54:46 PM »

Quote from: JohnFKennedy on July 12, 2008, 01:44:21 PM

Influenced by The Klansman which is the basis for The Birth of a Nation.

Really, what proof do you have?

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Re: Gone with the Wind

« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2008, 12:08:43 PM »

Quote from: JohnFKennedy on July 12, 2008, 06:45:35 PM

Care to elaborate Sam?

It is certainly true that Margaret Mitchell was an ardent fan of Thomas Dixon's and she wrote to him in August 1536 to tell him so: "I was practically raised on your books, and love them very much. For many years I have had you on my conscience, and I suppose I might as well confess it now." Equally, the racial stereotyping exhibited in Gone With the Wind is arguably similar to that of Dixon's works.

True, but in the book, she frequently condemns the Klan.

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