1. Gone With The Wind By Adriana Ţerei XII E Colegiul Naţional ”Elena Ghiba Birta”

2. Table of contents Margaret Mitchell’s work:’Gone With The Wind’ The character of Scarlett O’Hara in ‘Gone With The Wind’

3. Margaret Mitchell Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1900 She was the American author of ‘Gone With The Wind In 1937 she received the Pulitzer Prize for this novel When she was 15 she wrote ‘Lost Laysen’, which was published in 1996.

4. The Book It was published in 1936 It had an extraordinary success The author took in consideration some others titles before the current one

5. Is a war novel, a historic and beautiful romance It’s major themes: survival, love and war Presents two different worlds The literary technique of the novel is ‘Bildungsroman’ The plot is full of vivid characters

6. Scarlett O’Hara It is the main character of the book The plot follows her evolution: from a young woman into adulthood She is a strong, very brave and powerful woman She can adapt to the new world that the war brought

7. Antithesis Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler represent the new society-after war Ashley Wilkes an Melanie Hamilton represent the old society-before war

8. Rhett Butler - a major role in Scarlett’s life The power of Tara’s plantation The novel has a ‘no conclusive’ end