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TheIntegrityofHumanandNature———AnAnalysisofGonewiththeWindfromthePerspectiveofEco-feminismIt’sgenerallyacceptedthatGonewiththeWindisapopularnovelexceptafewpeoplethoughtitisnotworthreading.Duetosomecontroversialproblemshadbeendiscussedinthebooksothenovelwasneglectedforalongtimebycritics,suchasitsdescriptionsoftheblack,ofthereconstructionafterthewarandofkukluxklanandsoon.However,DonaldW.Millerpraisedthebookasagreatepicwhichinfluencesanumberofpeopleofdifferentgenerationsandnations.Recentlypeoplecometorealizethereissomethingsignificantbehindthebigworksothatmoreandmorepeopleareaddressingthemselvestostudyitfrommanyperspectives.Firstly,therearesomeessaysabouttherelationshipbetweenMargaretMitchellandScarlett.CarolynGage,describedatrue-lifeMitchellwhosufferedgreatgriefafterherfiancé’sdeathandthengotflashmarriagetoabootleggerwhichtookherlittlehappiness,later,eventhoughsheenjoyedafastpaceoflifeshecouldnotescapethestigmaofhergender,sowhenMitchellreinvestedherselfinthenovelsherewrotelifethewayshethoughtitshouldhavebeen,therefore,shecreatedarightmaninsteadofthedashingandsexuallycharismaticalcoholic.Inthisway,GageconcludedthatMitchell’swritingpurposewastorevealthedelusionoffemalelifeandescapefromhershadowyprecedinglife,soGageappealedthatfemalesshouldnotliveindreamunderthepatriarchalsociety,buttakeScarlettforexample,toliveinpresentandpursuewhattheyneed.Secondly,femaleconsciousnessoftomorrowcatchespeople’sattention.LuoMinyuconsideredScarlett’sconsciousnessoftomorrowasakindofexpectation:expectingtheequalitybetweenmenandwomen,apeacefulworldandhappyhomelandandatruelove.Thirdly,anotherpopulartopicisthecomparisonbetweenScarlettandsomefemalesinotherworks,suchasJaneEyreorWangXifeng.ZhaiXucomparedScarlettandWangXifengandthoughtthattheywereatypicalparagonoffeminismwhopossessedtheawarenessofWomen’sAwakening;bothwerebrave,strong-minded,independentandrebelliousagainsttherestrictionswhichsetagainstthefemalesbythesocietyoftheirowntime.Fourth,theTaraThemeisalsonoticeable,andVickiL.Eaklorpointedoutthat“TaraTheme”wasthestory’smusicalleitmotifasTarawasrepeatedfrequentlyinthenovelanditwasScarlette’sspiritualpillar.ThewardestroysScarlett’sfamilyaswellasherhappylife,butitdidnotdefeatScarlettasshehadTarabesideherwhichgaveherstrength,everytimeshegotintotroublesheturnedtoTaraforcomfortandencouragement,whileTarahadtrouble,Scarlettsafeguardeditbyallmeans.Besides,amajorityofprofessorsanalyzedthenovelfromtheperspectiveoffeminism.BothGuShaoyangandWangYanliacclaimedthenovelwasagreatone,notonlybecauseitreflectedfemale’sself-awareness,especiallyafterthewarbrokenoutandwomenhadtogoouttorealizetheireconomicindependence,butalsobecauseitconfirmedwomen’scontributiontothesociety,praisedtheirfraternity,selflessnessandrebelliousspirit,andrevealedthebeliefthatwomenshouldbeliberatedfromfamilies.WuShijuanandXieJingzhialsothoughtthatScarlettwasaheroicfemalesinceshedaredtobreakthetraditionalprejudicethat“femalesareinferiortomales”.Shewasbraveenoughtowalkoutofthehouseandenteredintothe“patriarchy’sworld”andcompetedagainstthemenforhereconomicindependence.InLiuXiaoyong’sessay,hepointedoutthatScarlettwasincreasinglymaturingandintheendbecameaSouthernnewwomanwithstrongfeministleaningsalongwiththeadvanceofwarandindustrialization.WhenitcomestoZhouYaming,hedeeplyanalyzedScarlett’sstruggle,successandfailureandherpsychicalconflictinherpursuitofmaterialandlove,andthenheputforwardthatRhett,oneoftherepresentativesofmale,hisleavingpossiblymeantthemale’slosstoconquerfemale;meanwhile,Scarlettsufferedgreatloss:shelosthertrueloveandhappylife.Andinthegamenoonewon.Therefore,ZhouconcludedthatthiscomplexbisexualrelationshipreflectedMitchell’sdesire,rebel,conquerandregressiontowardmale,andherwishofaharmonybisexualrelationship.Inaddition,somecriticstriedtoanalyzethenovelfromtheperspectiveofeco-feminism,whichstudiesthecloserelationshipbetweenfemaleandnature.Thisisamostnovelandinterestingwaytoanalyzethebook.ZhenJigengeneralizedthatTaraandthelumbermillweretheresourcesforScarlett’seco-feminism,inwhichitwasnotthemalewhoconqueredandoppressedthelandaswellasconqueredthefemale,butayoungladywhocalledScarlettconqueredthelandandmen’swill,asScarlettunexpectedlydisobeyedhersecondhusband’swilltooperatethelumbermillandprovedrathersuccessfully;whenshecamebacktoTaraduringthewarshecouldmanagetheplantationwithoutthehelpofmanandfinallypossessedthesupremedominion.SoZhenconcludedthatthesebehaviorswereagoodmatchwiththeecofeminist’sopinion,thatfemaleandnaturewerelinkedtogetherinthetermofcreatingandmaintaininglife,andnaturalprocessabodebyfemaleprinciplesofmotilecreativity,diversity,integrity,sustainabilityandsanctityoflife.WhenitcametoCaoPeihong,shefocusedonthethreekindsoflinksbetweennatureandwomen.Firstlinkwasasymboliconewhichstatedwomen’s“naturalized”andnature’s“feminized”;secondonewastheexperientiallinkaboutthehardshipsandhumiliationsufferedbywomenandnatureinpatriarchalsocieties;thirdonewasaboutfemalesandnature’statuslinkwhichembodiedinfemales’follyandnature’identificationasthefieldandbackgroundofhumanactivities.Then