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Originally Posted by hildea
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It's a long time since I read Huck Finn, but as far as I remember, slavery is portrayed as a bad thing there. In Gone With the Wind, slavery is portrayed as good, the emancipation of slaves after the Civil War is portrayed as bad for both white and black people, and Ku Klux Klan are describes as heroes.
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Gone with the Wind is certainly a unique book in many regards. You are correct it is not a moral lesson against slavery or the South - I take it as Scarlett being a detestable character in about every way possible, though. Rarely do I enjoy a book so much when I dislike the heroine to such a degree. Mitchell did a weird thing taking a spoiled and unlikable lead and making such a good book - but the writing style reads beautifully to me and the characters, flawed and all, kept me reading.
I'm sad to say I don't like Huck Finn. I find the book boring and the writing style laborious.
