Scarlet

Who is perfect woman?
According to Indian mentality woman should be patient, she should never ask any question, always think about others blblabla. In most of the Indian novels you find main female character sacrificing for others, always thinking about others welfare. Somehow they all forget that god has sent her in this world to live. She also can think, she also has some desires.

Then I read "Gone with the wind". You may laugh, but once I finished this book I felt "how can one write a book on negative characters!". I hated Scarlet. Because she was so different from my explanation of good woman. For me that time a story means, there are good people and there are bad people. At the end bad will die or they will be punished. And good people will live happily ever after. Fairy tale :)

I know I know, Rhett Butler leaves her at the end. But one villain leaving another was not a punishment for me. I was expecting something like she will loose every penny, she will become beggar and leaves rest of her life cursing herself for being so bad.

But this book was so different. After two-three days once again I started to read this book from beginning. This time also when I reached end I was in same confusion, "What this Margaret Mitchel is trying to prove?".

Today my views have completely changed. Why? Now I know life. There is no perfectness in this world. Yes she was a lady with very high ambition, very self oriented, can do anything for money. But I think I hated her more than what she deserved because she was a woman with these characters. I completely ignored some good qualities she was having.

Even tough she hates Melanie she takes care of her. Not only Melanie, Scarlet takes care of whole family and her land Tara during the days of war. Then she marries her sister's love for the sake of money so that she can get her Tara back. I know it's a big mistake. But just imagine the feel of insecurity that might have haunted her during the days of war when no one comes to her rescue. If marrying a girl for dowry is not bad then marrying a man for money sake is also not bad.

So many times Scarlet tells Ashley that she loves him. Even after Ashley marries Melanie! Every time he replies as if he likes Scarlet but due to circumstances he can't marry her. Poor Scarlet! lives her life believing a big lie that Ashly loves her. She realize the truth after the death of Melanie. But it was too late.

Rhett leaves her. As long as Melanie was there Scarlet hates her for being Ashley's wife. But once she comes to know that Ashly doesn't love her, she realizes that she has lost a man who loves her for the sake of this person who never loved her. Only Tara remains in her life.

I can never agree with Scarlet's viewpoint of life. But at the same time I don't no why! but I does not even hate her.