The Reliance and Aspiration to Land Never Going With the Wind.doc

the reliance and aspiration to land never going with the windabstract : gone with the wind is one of the most popular american novel in china. from 1940 when its first edition of chinese version was published to 1990 when the chinese of its sequel scarlett came out, it gained an enthusiastic reception and enjoy a permanent reputation for decades. this thesis aims at analyzing the deep love and aspiration to land that scarlett had owned and the psychological connection with american culture and land.key words: reliance; aspirationt; land; gone w,ith the wind对土地的依恋与渴望永远不会随风而去摘 要：飘是在中国最受欢迎的美国小说之一。自1940年中文版首次问世以来，一直受到广大中国读者的青昧，并享有很高的声望。小说对主人公进行的细腻刻画，从一个侧面反映了人类对其赖以生存的土地的依恋与渴望。gone with the wind was written by american woman writer, margaret mitchell, whichhas been introduced into china for about fifty years. its appearance in china experienced special traits. al-though it was welcomed by most readers, this world - wide novel was neglected for long time, when com-lng across the traditional criticism based on political practice and moral judge. this thesis is aiming at transcending the limitation of traditional criticism, exploring the artistic charming of the heroin, scarlett ohara, in the novel, so that we can have a compre-hensive understanding of this figure. after finishing the novel carefully, we can t help praising the deep love and aspiration to land that scarlett had owned. 1. the glory and dream of owning the land in gone with ti-e wind, we can know dearly that, land, which appeared frequently in this wonderful works was and instinctive and powerful signal, which combined closely with the whole course of scarletts life, with the mind, mental and sub-consciousness, and with the artistic figure of her.ogerald, scarlett s father, escaped to america in his 21 years old, the ireland scoundrel had been the slave of others, suffering a lot from the hardship of life, and knew clearly the preciousness of land.when he became the owner of plantation with over 100 black slaves in ,south of america relying on so-called (;od - blessed and meritorious destiny, he entrusted the plan of further expanding the plantation into his oldest daughter, scarlett, who has the same character and contention. when ogerald decided to entrust the tara to scarlett, he told his own heiress in holy and excited feeling:land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for it is the only thing in this world that lasts, it is the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for.naturally, to an maid without worry and only 16years old, the intonation of his father s words were not understandable, land seemed worthless in her eyes.however, with the outbreak of the war, scarlett suddenly turn from maid into wife, and then into widow. after experiencing the torture of atlantas fire, scarlett was awaken suddenly. when she es-caped from atlanta to tara, there was only terrible ruin in front of her. all that tara left her was dis- trustful red land under her feet. at that time, scar-lett thought about what her father had said. then she left her soul and spirit had found destine, therefore, we can say we would rather say she belonged to these red land than say the red land belonged to her. at the same time, the old stories about her ancestors and land that she has ever impatient to hear, sudden- ly appearing in her memory clearly. so for the first time, scarlett felt the loveliness and beauty, and she show thrill love for the land that has bred her, and then she started the fight of never giving up the tara.this battle was too cruel to a teenage maiden af- ter all. the madly hungry and extremely tiredness forced scarlett to have strong repulsion of elopingwith ashley land deserting the tara. at the mo-ment, her hands touched the red land of tara, which endowed her with magic power, her consciousness re-gained immediately, all the sadness, tiredness and the feeling to object ashley dispersed at no time, which alto amazed herself, and then she went to the bouse of tara steadily. to recover and revived tara, scarlett had to went far away from tara and went in-to the cities, striving for the competitive field of mon-ey. therefore, tara has been appeared in the illusion and mind of scarlet. whenever she thought of tara, thought of paving with deep pines on both sides, the fragrance of jasmine, the green cotton field, the wall dotted with white flowers. there seem to be a cool big hand to touch her worry. all kinds of sadness will be dispersed, and all the disturbed mind will be cleared. in the intervals, scarlett has fallen in ill and became weak and gaunt. rhett butler who knew about tara clearly sent scarlett onto the train rushing to the direction of tara. consequently, after resting for several weeks in the red land of tara, scarlett be- came stronger than before, the robust youth and snobbish vulgar came her again. consequently she won a grand battle in the end. at the end of this story, when scarlett realized that all the precious things left her, only the love of rhett and she tried to catch it, rhett butler deserted her, which left her in despair, mindless, depression, loneliness, sadness and terror came at her, nearly beat her down. at that time, tara came into her mind again, the land of tara called on her, she imag-ined herself standing still in its vast breast, and standing up again.the feeling upon land of scarlett had much in common with the feeling upon land of peasants in china. land is the only treasure and the source of life in their eyes, land brought them strength, courage, and hope. land can produce all the things that could support the whole family. in war period of china,when a defeated prince was escaping from his coun-try, he came across an old peasant on his way to the other country. the old man knew very well. he passed a handful earth to the prince. seeing the pre-cious earth in his country, the prince was shameful of his own coward. since then he regained his courage and spirit, and revived his country succefully.land, the most important treasure, has produce so many wonderful legend, in this sense, there is no dif-ference between western and eastern culture. land is the tie among all the people. the ownership of land means endless glory and infinite hope.2. psychological connection with american cul-ture and landgone with the wind was suddenly ended in the boundless aspiration and memory to the land of tara. however, readers were surrounded by a kind ot-strong and complicatea feeling, which is beyond the works itself and super- reality.land, as a primitive figure, prototype, has been became the symbolic prototype of life origin and life power. in the myth of ancient greek, land is the head of the whole world. land was merged into mother. the reasons for the giant safe to won all the battle without loss were because he was the .son of land mother. however, when he was lifted by hyglas off the ground, he die of being cut off the ori- gin of life. up to today, land is still kept this symbol- ic importance in human life and literature, which manifest a kind of psychological realization of intuitive aspiration and obedience to the origin of life. such psychology didnt belong to individual life, but permeate into the content of social culture. the history and culture of american nation was insepara-ble with the vast land in north - atlantic continent.the land was pregnant and gave birth to the recent nation of american and its special culture-the cul-ture characterized as pioneer culture with the main content and character. but most of old people in the world were borne in the cradle of primitive agricultur-al society. the accumulation and development of the life rooted deeply in the land. ,so the love and reliance on land was strengthened in the mind of america and most of people in the world. the holy loyalty and as- piration to land of scarlett was such collective non-consciousness psychological prototype, which re-vived and relieved the emotional experiences of deep mind weighted down upon readers. the striking as-tonishment was gigantic without doubt. in the eyes of modern readers, land was connected closely with primitive natural stature, and the pastoral simplicity, quietness and harmonious atmosphere. the depres- sion caused by the industrial civilization, and the wish of escaping from social atmosphere and shortcoming of industrialization, had became the aspiration of modern people to pastoral life and count direction aesthetic psychology. the land in gone withthe wind, tara was organized with realization ac-tivities of scarlett in this sense, and coincided with the interior need for modern people to seek for spirit hometown and certain wish of seeking root in the potential layers. up to now, by reading and learning about scarlett, readers can get into the aesthetic stature to grasp the history of mankind and the nature of life, top obtain aesthetic pleasure of high level. in gone with the wind, butler is not only the partners of love, but also the partners in literature, especially the partners of philosophic spirit. during the life of pioneering, the female wolf if better than an angel. angel has wings who will fly always sooner or later, flying into clear sky, far away from the tem- poral life. so to human beings, the first necessity is female wolf. and in this angle, scarlett is the brave female wolf, she had emerged into the culture of america, and strive for her deep psychological con- nection with her own society.therefore, the beauty of spirit and power is bet-ter than the beauty of gentleness. scarlett exerted on this of beauty and aspiration very well, which can even shock the whole world.to draw a conclusion, from the opinion men-tioned above, the artistic charming of scarlett lies in certain popular living status and spirit above