have a lot more knowledge about America in the 30s and 40s of the 20th century, when there was a civil war between the North and South due to differences in views and lifestyles. this novel is told through the perspective of a Southerner - the losing side, with the common arguments of a Southerner at that time, building the main character Scarlett and her life before the war and when it broke out - until the Yankee won.