The American Civil War destroyed the economy of Georgia and even the whole south, slaves regained their freedom, and the wind blew, and the good times when slave owners were pampered in the past drifted away. In order to survive, they must put down their airs and work hard, or they will die. Even the elite of Atlanta's upper class have to condescend to sell cakes and catch carriages.

Feminist literature began in19th century and flourished in 20th century. The rapid development of feminism is closely related to the social environment and the background of the times. With the French Revolution, the ideas of freedom, equality, fraternity and natural human rights have been deeply rooted in the hearts of people all over the world.

Since the 1930s, a feminist movement for women's equality in politics, economy and education has begun. Margaret mitchell's Gone with the Wind, published by 1936, came out under such circumstances. ?

The influence of the work

Gone with the Wind was published on June 30th, 1936, which broke all the publishing records at that time. In the first six months, the circulation reached10,000 copies, and the daily sales reached 50,000 copies. It was priced at $3, but was fired to $60.

At that time, a good hotel in the United States rented only $30 a month. It won Pulitzer Prize and American Publishers Association Award in 1937.

The characterization of Gone with the Wind broke the traditional single characterization method, and the multiple combinations of characters became a highlight of the novel, which vividly showed the vivid characters with the war as the background, and also showed the author's views on black equality from the Scarlett family.

The combination of characters shows a round character, and many aspects of the historical environment of the novel are shown through the round collection of characters, thus recording a turbulent history, a moment filled with smoke and the growth of different people at this moment in detail.

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