3.3 The View On Melanie And Ashley 11

4 A Reflection Of Love In Gone With The Wind In Real Life 13

5 Conclusion 15

Bibliography 17

1 Introduction

Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia, and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea. Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American author and journalist. For the novel she won the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937.

Love philosophy has always been the focus point of many different subjects. Love is too complicated to define according to scholar Fher and Russell (1991), because love is complex phenomenon influenced by social factors, which is the combination of physical, psychological and subjective feelings. (c.f. 刘聪颖，邹泓:2014)According to this, some sociologists and psychologists do not directly explore the definition of the nature of love, but through the pision of the types of love to discuss the complex and multidimensional nature of love. They think the love type is personal interpretation of love or view of love, this attitude of love guide their behavior, and show their love (c.f. 刘聪颖，邹泓:2014)

Scarlett falls in love with Ashley when she is fourteen. Ashley is the dream and idol of her whole girlhood. After the Civil war, Scarlett returns to Tara. Everything has changed but the land. She tries to survive as a strong woman. At that time, Scarlett still cherishes her girlhood image of Ashley. In the hardest time, the image of Ashley is her source of courage and energy, and makes her go on to make her way through the troubles. Scarlett wants to be the wife of Ashley, which is considered to be her dream for her whole girlhood. (c.f. 缪辰，2012:39) By the end of the story, Scarlett’s marriage value reconstruction has finally been realized. Scarlett finds that she has loved Rhett all along, as an adult loves, not as a girl loves, and she can finally understand that the marriage based on true love can bring her real happiness, rather than the idealistic love and money-based marriage. (c.f. 缪辰，2012:38)

This thesis focus on love philosophy and the reflection between Gone with the Wind and the real life. Although the society develops by the change of times, love is the eternal theme of human beings. People’s pursuit of love is the spirit of enjoyment which closely related to study and life. It’s quite a kind of charm that we called “Not to swing, not to wipe off”. The research on the concept of love can deepen the understanding of their own, and even promote a better development of human society. The paper would list some personal view in love philosophy and take Gone with the Wind as examples to analysis the love philosophy. The first part is a brief introduction of love and some theory in love. With theoretical foundation laid in the second part, different love that the characters performed in the novel would be analyzed. In the third part, the thesis would center on a reflection of the influence of love in real life. With the combine of the analysis above, a conclusion would be drawn about the research subject.源:自*优尔~·论,文'网·www.youerw.com/

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