Thursday, November 28, 2013
Gone with the Wind Vocabulary
The vocabulary in Gone with the Wind is very different from vocabulary we use today. The book was written in 1936, but its characters are based off of people from the 1860s. An example of vocabulary from the book is, "Their leisured world had been turned topsy-turvy, and their pleadings, prayers and advice availed nothing against the powerful forces sweeping them along"(Mitchell 131). When vocabulary like this is used in the book, it makes the theme and context of the story make more sense. The setting of the book is in the South during the Civil War. Because the characters are from the South, they already have a different accent and a different way of speaking, but the time period also plays a role in the sentence structure and vocabulary used. The vocabulary has helped me picture the setting and the characters, specifically Scarlett O'Hara, better. If the vocabulary was easy and the characters spoke like it were modern day, it would ruin the setting and this book wouldn't be a classic. Do you think vocabulary is important in a book? If so, what part of the story does it impact the most?
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I do believe vocabulary is important because of the fact it was based from a time period in the 1800's. The book probably wouldn't have the same effect on the readers as it does with the vocab. I have never read this book so I don't know what part of the story it would impact the most but I agree with you that it would effect the setting and theme of the book. Also I like how you added questions at the end kind of as a prompt to create comments.
ReplyDeleteI'm a pretty fast reader by nature, so I usually skip over hard vocabulary without a second thought, so if there is too much hard vocabulary, I find myself confused as to what is going on in the book. So finding the good balance of vocabulary is pretty important for me in starting and finishing the book with a clear understanding of what is happening.
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