Gone with the wind 乱世佳人 英文.ppt

Gone With the Wind By Thomas Hu Contents Introduction for main characters 2 Plot summary 3 conclusion 4 About the author 1 Gone with the wind About the author Gone with the wind Margaret Mitchell was born in 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia and lived just 49 years. She attended?Washinton Seminary in Atlanta and Smith College in Massachusetts. About the author Gone with the wind Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta. Her mother, Maybelle Mitchell, was a suffragist and father, Eugene Mitchell, a prominent lawyer and president of the Atlanta Historical Society. Mitchell grew up listening to stories about old Atlanta, and the battles the Confederate Army had fought there during the American Civil War. At the age of fifteen, she wrote in her journal: "If I were a boy, I would try for West Point, if I could make it, or well I'd be a prize fighter – anything for the thrills." Mitchell graduated from the local Washington Seminary and started to study medicine at Smith College in 1918. She had adopted her mother's feminist leanings, which clashed with her father's conservatism – in the new surroundings, she lived fully the Jazz age. Characters Gone with the wind Characters Gone with the wind She is The main character of the novel. She is the?daughter?of Gerald and Ellen O'Hara and is accustomed to getting her own way, whether with clothes or boys. She surrounds herself with young men, flirting mercilessly and is not above stealing the beaux of other girls. She is willful, conniving, and yet far more intelligent than well-bred girls are supposed to be. Characters Gone with the wind Characters Gone with the wind Husband to Melanie Hamilton and object of Scarlett's life-long fantasy. He is a true member of the old south who feels unable to cope with the new world. Characters Gone with the wind Characters Gone with the wind Wife to Ashley Wilkes and sister-in-law to Scarlett. Described by Rhett as the only truly kind person he has ever known. Unable to believe anything bad about peopl