Slavery By the end of Huck Finn, Huck sees Jim as a human being: a whole person, not a piece of property. By the end of Huck Finn, Huck sees Jim as a human being: a whole person, not a piece of property. This is monumental due to the culture in which Huck grew up. This is monumental due to the culture in which Huck grew up. Let’s return to the Declaration of Independence: Let’s return to the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Yet, the Constitutional Convention contradicted that premise.

Slavery In Artiicle 1, Section 2, paragraph 3, the “three-fifths compromise” between Southern and Northern states dictated that only three-fifths of the slave population was counted for taxation purposes and representation in Congress. In Artiicle 1, Section 2, paragraph 3, the “three-fifths compromise” between Southern and Northern states dictated that only three-fifths of the slave population was counted for taxation purposes and representation in Congress. Counting slaves as part of the population rather than as property would give the Southern states more political clout. Counting slaves as part of the population rather than as property would give the Southern states more political clout.

Slavery This doesn’t necessarily mean that a slave was only seen as three-fifths of a person. This doesn’t necessarily mean that a slave was only seen as three-fifths of a person. But it surely turns the ideal that “all men are created equal” into a gray area at best. But it surely turns the ideal that “all men are created equal” into a gray area at best. The three-fifths compromise was rendered moot by the 14 th Amendment, Section 2, adopted July 9, The three-fifths compromise was rendered moot by the 14 th Amendment, Section 2, adopted July 9, This was three years after the end of the bloodiest war in American history. This was three years after the end of the bloodiest war in American history.

“Why We’re Still Fighting the Civil War”: By David Von Drehle Myths Myths States’ rights were the motivating force for the war, not slavery. States’ rights were the motivating force for the war, not slavery. Only the South profited from slavery. Only the South profited from slavery. “Lost Cause”: the Antebellum South was one of noble cavaliers, brilliant generals, and happy slaves, all faithful to a glorious lost cause. “Lost Cause”: the Antebellum South was one of noble cavaliers, brilliant generals, and happy slaves, all faithful to a glorious lost cause. The goal for millions of Union soldiers was to free the slaves. The goal for millions of Union soldiers was to free the slaves.

“Why We’re Still Fighting the Civil War” Truths Truths “It was slavery that had broken one nation in two and fated its people to fight over whether it could be put back together again.” “It was slavery that had broken one nation in two and fated its people to fight over whether it could be put back together again.” Founding Fathers saw the whole thing coming. Founding Fathers saw the whole thing coming.

“Why We’re Still Fighting the Civil War” Realities Realities War still being waged in some ways. War still being waged in some ways. Confederate History Month proclamation in Virginia did not even mention slavery. Confederate History Month proclamation in Virginia did not even mention slavery. Frequent fights to get Confederate flags removed from Southern state capitols. Frequent fights to get Confederate flags removed from Southern state capitols. “The Civil War gave us, to an unmatched degree, the nation we became.” “The Civil War gave us, to an unmatched degree, the nation we became.”

“Why We’re Still Fighting the Civil War” Quick review Quick review Allusion: a brief reference to a person, event, place, or phrase outside of a story that the writer assumes the reader will recognize. Allusion: a brief reference to a person, event, place, or phrase outside of a story that the writer assumes the reader will recognize. An allusive reference can be real or fictional. An allusive reference can be real or fictional. A literary allusion refers to another written work, art piece, book, etc. A literary allusion refers to another written work, art piece, book, etc.

“Why We’re Still Fighting the Civil War” Allusions Allusions John Brown John Brown Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan “A boy from Mississippi goes to California to make a movie called “Blue Hawaii” “A boy from Mississippi goes to California to make a movie called “Blue Hawaii”

Gone With The Wind: An Epic Novel  Margaret Mitchell wrote the book in a one-room apartment on Peachtree Street in Atlanta; now houses the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum. Published in June, 1936; awarded Pulitzer Prize in Published in June, 1936; awarded Pulitzer Prize in Best-selling novel in history. Best-selling novel in history. From writer Pat Conroy: From writer Pat Conroy: “Margaret Mitchell was a partisan of the first rank, and there has never been a defense of the plantation South so implacable in its cold righteousness or its resolute belief that the wrong side had surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.” “Margaret Mitchell was a partisan of the first rank, and there has never been a defense of the plantation South so implacable in its cold righteousness or its resolute belief that the wrong side had surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.” Mitchell writes of the Confederacy “as Paradise, as the ruined garden looked back upon by a stricken and exiled Eve, disconsolate with loss.” Mitchell writes of the Confederacy “as Paradise, as the ruined garden looked back upon by a stricken and exiled Eve, disconsolate with loss.”

Gone With The Wind: A War Novel From Conroy: “It is the South as an occupied nation that forms the heart of this not impartial novel. From Conroy: “It is the South as an occupied nation that forms the heart of this not impartial novel. It is the song of the fallen, sung in lower key by the women who had to pick up the pieces of a fractured society when their sons and husbands returned with their causes in their throats, when the final battle cry was sounded. It is the song of the fallen, sung in lower key by the women who had to pick up the pieces of a fractured society when their sons and husbands returned with their causes in their throats, when the final battle cry was sounded.  To Southerners, ‘Gone With The Wind’ was not just a book; it was an answer, a clenched fist raised to the North, an anthem of defiance.”

Gone With The Wind: A Woman’s Tale Mitchell leaves the battlefields of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Bull Run and Antietam, to the others, and places the Civil War in the middle of Scarlett O’Hara’s living room. Mitchell leaves the battlefields of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Bull Run and Antietam, to the others, and places the Civil War in the middle of Scarlett O’Hara’s living room. It is Scarlett O’Hara herself who represents the unimaginable changes that war has wrought on all Southerners. It is Scarlett O’Hara herself who represents the unimaginable changes that war has wrought on all Southerners.  “Gone With The Wind” tells the whole story of a lost society through the eyes of a single woman, and that woman proves match enough for a world at war, an army of occupation, and every man who enters those sugared realms of her attraction.

Gone With The Wind: Fast Film Facts Date of release Dec. 15, 1939 Dec. 15, 1939 Producer David O. Selznick David O. SelznickDirector Victor Fleming Victor Fleming Setting: (Time) The Civil War and first part of the Reconstruction Era (Time) The Civil War and first part of the Reconstruction Era (Place) Atlanta, Georgia and the surrounding countryside; one scene in New Orleans and one in London. (Place) Atlanta, Georgia and the surrounding countryside; one scene in New Orleans and one in London. Protagonist: Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara Major conflict: Scarlett struggles to survive and prosper during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. Scarlett struggles to survive and prosper during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Gone With The Wind From this viewing, you will be expected to: From this viewing, you will be expected to: Identify the main characters; their traits, actions, importance to the story. Identify the main characters; their traits, actions, importance to the story. –How are they related to each other? –What is their family situation? –What are their professions? –How do they influence the behavior of others?

Gone With The Wind Track how the characters change: Are they static or dynamic? Track how the characters change: Are they static or dynamic? Demonstrate the importance of key scenes and their importance in the plot. Demonstrate the importance of key scenes and their importance in the plot. Understand context of the story and its modern relevance. Understand context of the story and its modern relevance. –Know basics of debate surrounding the Civil War, then and now. –Understand the film’s place in history

Gone With The Wind Identify key concepts in the supplemental readings. Identify key concepts in the supplemental readings. Fill out viewing guides during the viewing and be prepared to discuss them. Fill out viewing guides during the viewing and be prepared to discuss them. View the film through different lenses, including racial and feminist. View the film through different lenses, including racial and feminist.