A Modern Gone With The Wind -- Breanna Poole
Okay, so this blog post might be a bit of a stress, as at first glance one might not think that this book -- a story about a girl who can predict the future - and Gone With The Wind - a story about an anti-heroic woman in the Reconstruction era South-- have really anything in common. But when reading this story, I was struck the whole time by the intimacy with which this book was written. Every second spent reading this book made me feel like I was growing closer and closer to this family, like they were real people and not just characters for me to read about.
I think what reminds me of Gone With The Wind is the central theme of a family, for better or for worse, having this strange refuge in each other. The fact that Clara returns to her family after leaving Esteban, the protectiveness of their children, all of that reminds me of the O'Hara family in ways I am not sure I can fully articulate without sounding downright insane.
I guess what my post is coming down to is the way in which the family is treated in this novel. The family is treated not as a group of people, but rather as a unit. Wife, husband, children, all of them are linked in the consciousness of the world around them in a way that it is not in our society. It is strange to me, I guess, because my extended family has always been distant at best, so to see a large family presented as such tightly-knit is strange to me.
I doubt this made much sense, but with me it never does! Have a blessed day all of you!
P.S. I commented on Jacob and AnnaKate's posts.
Okay, so this blog post might be a bit of a stress, as at first glance one might not think that this book -- a story about a girl who can predict the future - and Gone With The Wind - a story about an anti-heroic woman in the Reconstruction era South-- have really anything in common. But when reading this story, I was struck the whole time by the intimacy with which this book was written. Every second spent reading this book made me feel like I was growing closer and closer to this family, like they were real people and not just characters for me to read about.
I think what reminds me of Gone With The Wind is the central theme of a family, for better or for worse, having this strange refuge in each other. The fact that Clara returns to her family after leaving Esteban, the protectiveness of their children, all of that reminds me of the O'Hara family in ways I am not sure I can fully articulate without sounding downright insane.
I guess what my post is coming down to is the way in which the family is treated in this novel. The family is treated not as a group of people, but rather as a unit. Wife, husband, children, all of them are linked in the consciousness of the world around them in a way that it is not in our society. It is strange to me, I guess, because my extended family has always been distant at best, so to see a large family presented as such tightly-knit is strange to me.
I doubt this made much sense, but with me it never does! Have a blessed day all of you!
P.S. I commented on Jacob and AnnaKate's posts.
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