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ChapterⅠ Introduction Gone with the wind, as one of the most popular novels, is written by the famous writer--Margaret Mitchell. This is a romantic story which reflecting the theme of the Civil War of America. Attracted by great numbers of readers, this novel was made into movie many times. It reflected the southern social life. The novel displayed the great social change of the southern society and different kinds of people in the change of fate comprehensively. Through different performances done by different people in the complex environment, it reveals that different characters may lead to different trends of life. The author uses feminine perspective to describe Scarlett who was the center figure, Rhett, Melanie and Ashley the main characters, their social activities subtly and profoundly. By their actions, the author shows the complex social scenes, as well as their different destinies. Chapter Ⅱ General idea of Gone with the Wind 2.1 The Background of the Novel Mitchell regards “survive” as the theme of Gone with the Wind, which refers human how to survive in social upheaval. The United States Civil War destroyed George and even the whole southern economy. Slaves were free, and slave owners’ comfortable life had gone away. In order to survive, they must work hard, or they might die. Even the brownstone elites in Atlanta also had to drop their condescension to sell cakes or be cabman. To express this theme, the author also describes the charming points of the south by reproducing people’s life in George during the period of the war. Reader can learn local customs, practices, social fashions, religion and other aspects of the south of America. All of these shows traditional society was collapsed and how people to deal with the great social change in that hard process. 2.2 The Content of the Novel This story is happened before the Civil War in 1861. Young Scarlett didn’t care about what happened in the tense situation which people around her were concern on.