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What I had a problem with in the church hospital scene was that Charlotte was sent to help in the amputation. As Dr. McClurken mentioned in class the women nurses didn’t really help in the medical duties that nurses today assist in. However, it was late in the war and the situation might have been desperate enough for them to use the female nurses as aids in the surgery. Additionally, I find it hard to believe that the slaves would remain with the O’Haras post-war. Only Prissy is absent after the war is over. -Megan Mc. | What I had a problem with in the church hospital scene was that Charlotte was sent to help in the amputation. As Dr. McClurken mentioned in class the women nurses didn’t really help in the medical duties that nurses today assist in. However, it was late in the war and the situation might have been desperate enough for them to use the female nurses as aids in the surgery. Additionally, I find it hard to believe that the slaves would remain with the O’Haras post-war. Only Prissy is absent after the war is over. -Megan Mc. | ||
| − | Mr. Hara shouted to everyone that the war was really over because Lee surrendered. In actuality, Lee's surrender had no impact on Georgia. Only with Georgia state troops surrendering did the war's end had an effect on Georgia. -A. Brudno | + | Mr. Hara shouted to everyone that the war was really over because Lee surrendered. In actuality, Lee's surrender had no impact on Georgia. Only with Georgia state troops surrendering did the war's end had an effect on Georgia. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/goofs) -A. Brudno |
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One reading I found particularly interesting was “The Universal Law of Slavery,” by George Fitzhugh. I found comparisons not only to how whites viewed the institution of slavery in the South, but also the portrayal of slaves in the movie. In class, '''we discussed how (white) southerners really believed they were doing blacks a service by enslaving them and therefore providing them with basic survival elements and they would not know the proper way to survive on their own. In the reading by Fitzhugh he echoes this sentiment. ''' He claims that the “negro slaves of the South are the happiest,” and “not only better off as to physical comfort than free laborers, but [also] their moral condition is better.” Many southerners actually truly believed they were doing blacks a service by en-slaving them, and blacks obviously had a totally opposite view. '''In the movie, although we do not directly view any characters really even discussing slavery, let alone mentioning how blacks are better off, I believe this belief if implied. Many of the characters constantly talk about the cause and this traditional way of southern life that they possess, which is clearly dependent on slavery. Even though the characters never said how there slaves are better off en-slaved, I think it could have been implied by the weirdly good treatment of them?''' I only saw one instance of discipline when Scarlett, hit Prissy for not being able to fetch the doctor. –afrisk | One reading I found particularly interesting was “The Universal Law of Slavery,” by George Fitzhugh. I found comparisons not only to how whites viewed the institution of slavery in the South, but also the portrayal of slaves in the movie. In class, '''we discussed how (white) southerners really believed they were doing blacks a service by enslaving them and therefore providing them with basic survival elements and they would not know the proper way to survive on their own. In the reading by Fitzhugh he echoes this sentiment. ''' He claims that the “negro slaves of the South are the happiest,” and “not only better off as to physical comfort than free laborers, but [also] their moral condition is better.” Many southerners actually truly believed they were doing blacks a service by en-slaving them, and blacks obviously had a totally opposite view. '''In the movie, although we do not directly view any characters really even discussing slavery, let alone mentioning how blacks are better off, I believe this belief if implied. Many of the characters constantly talk about the cause and this traditional way of southern life that they possess, which is clearly dependent on slavery. Even though the characters never said how there slaves are better off en-slaved, I think it could have been implied by the weirdly good treatment of them?''' I only saw one instance of discipline when Scarlett, hit Prissy for not being able to fetch the doctor. –afrisk | ||
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| + | There were historically women, like Scarlett, who had independent minds during this era. For example,in "A Southern Aristocrat's Diary During the Civil War," Mary Chesnut disapproved of men who mixed up the Bible to support their passions. Also, she wrote that her husband had been right to lose their plantation since he had a hand in starting the Civil War. -A. Brudno | ||
== Questions asked in class == | == Questions asked in class == | ||
