Gone With The Wind Reaction:

The movie, Gone With The Wind (1940), portrays the horrific reality of of the Civil War and its destructive effect on everyone and everything involved. 

The movie has a very aged feel to it and the costumes, scenery, and language are all very representative of older times. 

 The film takes place in the South and follows the story of a young woman, Scarlett O'Hara. Scarlett is a part of a wealthy family and is portrayed as a rich and spoiled young woman. Scarlett finds herself in a sort of love triangle with her best friend, Ashley Wilkes, and her love interest, Rhett Butler. She does everything in her power to win over Rhett, but realizes that she is being desperate and is only acting the way she is in order to please him. 

Although the movie highlights the romance of Scarlett O'Hara and the brutality of The Civil War, it had deep rooted topics that are easily identifiable to us today.The is recognized for its questionable and controversial portrayal of African Americans and slavery. The most prominent African American character, Mammy, is played by the Academy Award winning Hattie McDaniel. Between Hattie's performance and the structure of the movie at the time, the aspects of slavery were apparent to more modern audiences. The most prominent example of an offensive slave stereotype was through an African American slave named Prissy. She was shown as being dumb and having trouble speaking properly. The slaves were also abused often and belittled frequently, which shed light to the unfortunate reality of how slaves were actually treated. 

I am not normally a fan of older movies, but I think that Gone With The Wind is a great example of how far we have come as a society. Although the movie displayed uncomfortable and socially unacceptable topics, it did its job to provide our generation and future generations with an idea of how life was back then.