Second Thought On Gone With The Wind Scarlett is lovely, yet definitely not "a"amiable", even Rhett would agree with that. She started out fresh and raw, as a country beau, dream lover of almost every man around her, except Ashley,who unfortunately is someone she loves. Then (as with every story) she went through the hardships of #life as the war turned her #life upside down. Tremblingly holding a carrot in the field, she said my favourite sentence in the novel: I may steal or even kill, but I'll never let my family starve. (this is how I remember it to be.. Pardon me, Gone with the Wind fans, if this is not exactly what she said) That was the point when our little lovely lady turned into a strong woman, a woman who stares right into the future , fearless. She is not a perfect angle-from-the-heaven type of heroin of a story (like some Jane Austin ladies ..) Yet this is what is attractive about Scarlett. So lively, with a frightening straightness. It's like she can almost leap out of the page and walk to you with her green eyes dancing.

Something I Thought About While Reading Gone With The Wind Understanding is the key to happiness. Love is not romantic, it's about all the conversations and all the subtle agreements. It's in those little excitements that love is built between two people. It has nothing to do with flirting, nor silly giggles, nor showing off.

The Dream Of The Red Chamber (background) I talked about the book in an Opuss ages ago, and now I've finally (nearly) finished all my exams, it feels to be the right time to introduce the Dream of the Red Chamber. It was written by Cao Xueqing (In Chinese order, we write the surname first, so his surname is Cao) and Gao E. Xueqing died before he could finish the novel so Gao E wrote the last 40 chapters of the book. The book was written in Qing Dynasty, roughly 400 to 200 years from now so all the traditions and customs described in the book are truly amazing. The first half of the novel went on sale first and people at that time were crying out for a copy of the novel. It had never happened before that a half finished novel could have such popularity. The book was also banned by the government due to its descriptions of sex, although that is not quite the main focus of the book. The book was against the mainstream idea in its respect to women and criticism of men. I'll talk more about it later in more details. I'm re-reading the book at the moment and hope I can get more out of it.

Revision To make your revision more efficient: Revise as if it's the last day before exam!

Friendship How many people are securely liking someone as his/her normal friend? The way friendship between boys and girls works is that one never says it out and the other pretends to be unaware. "Yeah, I don't like u at all and hope u all the best with the girl u like."