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I feel like this chapter really emphasized the devastating effect the Civil War had on families and the social hierarchy in the South. White families were at their most vulnerable and to make things even better, blacks were no longer enslaved, endangering the position of white men within the community. Women, once again it seems, also had to do twice as much work as usual. They had to, not only cater to their wounded and emotionally unstable husbands, but they also had to look after the farms and plantations and continue the roles they acquired during the war, while trying to make sure their husbands didn't feel emasculated (Ashley in ''Gone With the Wind,'' anyone?) -Kelly W. | I feel like this chapter really emphasized the devastating effect the Civil War had on families and the social hierarchy in the South. White families were at their most vulnerable and to make things even better, blacks were no longer enslaved, endangering the position of white men within the community. Women, once again it seems, also had to do twice as much work as usual. They had to, not only cater to their wounded and emotionally unstable husbands, but they also had to look after the farms and plantations and continue the roles they acquired during the war, while trying to make sure their husbands didn't feel emasculated (Ashley in ''Gone With the Wind,'' anyone?) -Kelly W. | ||
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| + | Yes! I also kept thinking of Gone With The Wind whilst reading this chapter, and not just the Ashley character. The women throughout were realizing that they no longer had the power and status that they had held during the war. They knew it was coming, however. Going back to chapter two, on page 49, it is explained that "the existence of this society and its duties, will terminate with the war." However, realizing it and coming to terms with it are two different things. Much like Scarlett at the end of GWTW, these women had to be wondering wherever they shall go, whatever they shall do. -Cash | ||
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| + | And frankly Scarlett, I don't give a damn. -Cash | ||
