Her mother is made out to be a saint but I don't know much about her. Her sisters were diverse. The one being religious, the other as selfish as Scarlett. Actually I think she was more selfish than Scarlett. It really bothered me when Scarlett was making herself do all sorts of things she didn't want to and her sister wouldn't help. I liked Gerald for the most part. I felt so bad when he was changed so much after Ellen's death. I think he would have probably wanted to die the way he did and would have been glad to be with Ellen again.
I thought Gerald was strong, like Scarlett, but he did have a breaking point because he had allowed himself to be weak where Ellen was concerned. It was sad to see him lose his strength but Scarlett missed so much because she never learned to let herself to tap in to that emotional side. Ellen was perfect on the surface and committed herself fully to her family but she had her own skeletons and it was sad that Gerald thought she was the moon and stars and she did not seem to have that deeper love for him. I think maybe Scarlett got the more hardened parts of each of them, the boldness of Gerald and the ability to suppress her real feelings from Ellen.
Gerald was full of life and robust. He had worked hard to get his plantation and build it. It was sad when Ellen died and his "light went out". Ellen was a kind and Christian woman who had experienced heartache but who tried to be the best wife she could when she accepted Gerald's had in marriage. Scarlett was "in love with herself" but was an amazing and strong person that carried the family and others when no one else could or would. Suellen was a brat and very selfish girl and Careen was a gentle and kind girl, alot like her mother.
We are a group of sisters, mothers, daughters, cousins, aunts, grandmothers, and friends coming together because of our shared love of reading.
Annegirl
Favorite books are the Anne series and Emily series by L.M Montgomery, the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, Timeline and Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton,just about everything by Shannon Hale (especially Goose Girl and Book of A Thousand Days), the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull, the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini, the Hunger Games trilogy and Gregor series by Suzanne Collins, the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, and Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld. I add to my favorites list all the time!
Bookworm
Favorite books include Gone With the Wind, the Harry Potter series, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Hunt for Red October, The Patriarch (George Washington), Those Who Love, and The Presidents Lady
Stampin_Maniac
Favorite books are the Twilight series, any by Mary Higgins Clark, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, autobiographies, and The Work and the Glory series.
Julie
Favorite books include...East of Eden and all other John Steinbeck works, 1984, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables, Anna Karenina, Rebecca, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Memoirs of a Geisha, Charlotte's Web (and lots of other children's fiction novels)
Holly
Favorite books include Emma, the Harry Potter series, The Little Prince, Taming of the Shrew, Ender's Game, To Kill a Mockingbird, the Twilight series, A Christmas Carol, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Help, The Hunger Games, The Screwtape Letters, OPJB, and all of Bill Peet's children's books.
Deenie Bug
Favorite books are The Quicksilver Pool, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Moonraker's Bride, Window on the Square, The Secret Garden, Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings, and Agatha Christie books.
Wendy
Favorite books are A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Oh the places you'll go, 1776, Little Women, Persuasion, The Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, Little House, Christy, and A Lantern in her hand
BreeAnn
Favorite books are To Kill A Mockingbird, Little House on the Prairie, The Notebook, Twilight series, Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Work and the Glory series, anything by Mary Higgins Clark, and A child called it.
Sanya the Duck
Favorite books are Pride and Prejudice, The Good Earth, The Count of Monte Cristo, Harry Potter series, Twilight series, Anne of Green Gables, These is my Words, The Chronicles of Narnia, the Work and the Glory series, and The Kingdom and the Crown series.
Keddy-Weddy
G-Mama
Favorite books are Matilda, Pride and Prejudice, Rebecca, The Hiding Place, The Outsiders, Dealing with Dragons series, Twilight series, The Lord of the Rings series, The Thirteenth Tale, and Emily of New Moon
Stephanie
Favorite books include The Twilight series
Mel
Hare_Bear
Favorite books are the Twilight series and the Harry Potter series
3 comments:
Her mother is made out to be a saint but I don't know much about her. Her sisters were diverse. The one being religious, the other as selfish as Scarlett. Actually I think she was more selfish than Scarlett.
It really bothered me when Scarlett was making herself do all sorts of things she didn't want to and her sister wouldn't help.
I liked Gerald for the most part. I felt so bad when he was changed so much after Ellen's death.
I think he would have probably wanted to die the way he did and would have been glad to be with Ellen again.
I thought Gerald was strong, like Scarlett, but he did have a breaking point because he had allowed himself to be weak where Ellen was concerned. It was sad to see him lose his strength but Scarlett missed so much because she never learned to let herself to tap in to that emotional side. Ellen was perfect on the surface and committed herself fully to her family but she had her own skeletons and it was sad that Gerald thought she was the moon and stars and she did not seem to have that deeper love for him. I think maybe Scarlett got the more hardened parts of each of them, the boldness of Gerald and the ability to suppress her real feelings from Ellen.
Gerald was full of life and robust. He had worked hard to get his plantation and build it. It was sad when Ellen died and his "light went out". Ellen was a kind and Christian woman who had experienced heartache but who tried to be the best wife she could when she accepted Gerald's had in marriage. Scarlett was "in love with herself" but was an amazing and strong person that carried the family and others when no one else could or would. Suellen was a brat and very selfish girl and Careen was a gentle and kind girl, alot like her mother.
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