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1、GonewiththeWindPlotsummaryGonewiththeWindtakesplaceinthesouthernUnitedStatesinthestateofGeorgiaduringtheAmericanCivilWar(1861–1865)andtheReconstructionEra(1865–1877)thatfollowedthewar.Thenovelunfoldsagainstthebackdropofrebellionwhereinsevensouthernstates,Georgiaamongthem,havedeclaredtheirseces
2、sionfromtheUnitedStates(the"Union")andformedtheConfederateStatesofAmerica(the"Confederacy"),afterAbrahamLincolnwaselectedpresidentwithnoballotsfromtenSouthernstateswhereslaverywaslegal.Adisputeoverstates'rightshasarisen[60]involvingenslavedAfricanpeoplewhowerethesourceofmanuallaboroncottonplan
3、tationsthroughouttheSouth.ThestoryopensinApril1861atthe"Tara"plantation,whichisownedbyawealthyIrishimmigrantfamily,theO'Haras.ThereaderistoldScarlettO'Hara,thesixteen-year-olddaughterofGeraldandEllenO'Hara,"wasnotbeautiful,but"[54]hadaneffectonmen,especiallywhenshetooknoticeofthem.Itisthedaybe
4、forethemenarecalledtowar,FortSumterhavingbeenfiredontwodaysearlier.TherearebriefbutvividdescriptionsoftheSouthasitbeganandgrew,withbackgroundsofthemaincharacters:thestylishandhighbrowFrench,thegentlemanlyEnglish,theforced-to-fleeandlooked-down-uponIrish.MissScarlettlearnsthatoneofhermanybeaux,
5、AshleyWilkes,issoontobeengagedtohiscousin,MelanieHamilton.Sheisstrickenatheart.ThefollowingdayattheWilkeses'barbecueat"TwelveOaks,"ScarlettinformsAshleysheloveshimandAshleyadmitshecaresforher.[60]However,heknowshewouldnotbehappilymarriedtoScarlettbecauseoftheirpersonalitydifferences.Scarlettlo
6、seshertemperatAshleyandhesilentlytakesit.ThenScarlettmeetsRhettButler,amanwhohasareputationasarogue.RhetthadbeenaloneinthelibrarywhenAshleyandScarlettentered,andfeltitwisertonotmakehispresenceknownwhiletheargumenttookplace.RhettapplaudsScarlettfortheunladylikespiritshedisplayedwithAshley.Infur
7、iatedandhumiliated,ScarletttellsRhett,"Youaren'tfittowipeAshley'sboots!"[60]Uponleavingthelibraryandrejoiningtheotherpartyguests,shefindsoutthatwarhasbeendeclaredandthemenaregoingtoenlist.SeekingrevengeforbeingjiltedbyAshley,Scarlettacc
