【正文】 oversy even today. The main results of the war were the restoration and strengthening of the Union, and the end of slavery in the United States. b. The Reconstruction after the Civil War Reconstruction, one of the most turbulent and controversial eras in American history, began during the Civil War and ended in 1877. It witnessed America39。s first experiment in interracial democracy. Just as the fate of slavery was central to the meaning of the Civil War. Reconstruction remains relevant today, the role of the federal government in protecting citizens39。 rights, and the possibility of economic and racial justice are still unresolved. Central to Reconstruction was the effort of former slaves to breathe full meaning into their newly acquired freedom, and to claim their rights as citizens. After rejecting the Reconstruction plan of President Andrew Johnson, the Republican Congress enacted laws and Constitutional amendments that empowered the federal government to enforce the principle of equal rights, and gave black Southerners the right to vote and hold office. The new Southern governments confronted violent opposition from the Ku Klux Klan and similar groups. Meantime, the North abandoned its mitment to protect the rights of the former slaves. Reconstruction ended, and white supremacy was restored throughout the South. For much of this century, Reconstruction was widely viewed as an era of corruption and misgovernment, supposedly caused by allowing blacks to take part in politics. This interpretation helped to justify the South39。s system of racial segregation and deny the vote to blacks. Today, because of extensive new research and profound changes in American race relations, historians view Reconstruction far more favorably, as a time of genuine progress for former slaves and the South as a whole. For all Americans, Reconstruction was a time of fundamental social, economic, and political change. The overthrow of Reconstruction left to future generations the troublesome problem of racial justice. Ⅱ . Analysis of the character of Scarlett in four periods Scarlett is plicated. On one hand, she is vain, rebel, selfish, egocentric, selfcentered and selfindulgent, on the other hand, she is imbued with wise, inherited brave, determined, independent, responsible, obstinate and selfstriving gleams. All these characters have a deep and determinative influence on her life and love. Scarlett’s characterization shows up in four periods in Gone With the Wind. At the beginning of the novel living in Tara, Scarlett is a wild and strongwilled lady. She is not only charming and attractive, but also vain, willful, naive and selfish. When Scarlett first lives in Atlanta, the disappointment of love and the suffering of the war make her bee brave and responsible, and she is selfish and carefree. Coming back to her home Tara, in order to keep her home around, Scarlett bees brave, determined, obstinate, selfstriving and greedy. Then when Scarlett goes back to Atlanta, she is independent, determined, indomitable and selfcentered. A. Vain, naive, obstinate, vigorous, charming, selfimportant and egocentric in early in Tara. In this period of life, Scarlett is a vain, charming, selfish, willful, carefree, egotistic and selfimpotant girl. Living in Tara, Scarlett is a young lady. At the beginning of this novel, Scarlett is only 16 years old. She is naive, charming, vigorous and carefree. At the same time, the only thing for Scarlett is to dress up beautifully and looks for an ideal husband. She could never long endure any conversation of which she is not the chief subject, and she hopes that every man should pay attention only to her. Because of her father Gerald’s spoiling, Scarlett possesses manly characters. She rides horse and climbs trees. Scarlett disobeys her mother Ellen and Mummy Jincy’s orders and words. Whatever she wants to do, she does. In the early life in Tara, Scarlett’s characters develop freely. Her egotistic, stubborn and vain characters e into being. Scarlett thinks that she is the center of the world and all the boys must fall in love with her. Scarlett falls in love with Ashley at the first sight. When twin brothers tell her that Ashley and his cousin Melanie, a plain and gentle girl from Atlanta, are going to be married. Shocked, Scarlett sits in silence until the two leave, without inviting them to dinner. Ignoring her mammy’s cautions against the cold, she goes to meet her father to confirm the news. Scarlett thinks that Ashley should love her without dispute, so she cannot understand the engagement of Melanie and Ashley. She wants to marry Ashley, and tries her best. In this period, Scarlett’s important parts of her plex characters are her selfishness and contravention to the conventional manner. For example, she plans to have a big eat at the barbecue at the Twelve Oaks, ignoring of her status and her Mammy’s warnings. She dances with all boys. After discovering the truth of the engagement, Scarlett is miserable. She determines to get Ashley back from Melanie. She plans to make Ashley jealous by surrounding herself with boys in love with her at the barbecue at the Wilkes plantation of Twelve Oaks, then admits to him that she prefers him above all others. Things do not go according to plan, when she finds Ashley later, he tells her tha