Young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a prosperous plantation
owner, faces hardships in Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind.
During the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Reconstruction Era
(1865-1877), Gone with the Wind was written. Scarlett O'Hara, the
primary character, is characterized as brilliant, witty, and willful yet
uninterested in going to school.After being humiliated at Twelve Oaks,
Scarlett is ashamed to finally run into Rhett Butler. Melanie, who is
now her sister-in-law, steps in to salvage her reputation. Scarlett is
devastated when Melanie becomes pregnant with Ashley's child.Atlanta is
under siege in 1864 on three fronts. The Union Army takes it over from
the Confederate States Army. Scarlett's father has gone insane from
grief, her mother is dead, her sisters are ill with typhoid fever, and
there is no food in the home.Suellen, Scarlett's sister, will abandon
Tara after she gets married. Scarlett is offered money by Rhett Butler
to assist her in paying off debts. She marries Frank Kennedy and takes
over his business, which infuriates many Atlantans.Later, Rhett proposes
to Scarlett at Frank's funeral. She first declines, but later she
agrees. Scarlett starts to realize that she no longer loves Rhett after
Bonnie's death.
