Gone With the Wind 101-200

Scarlett is determined to tell Ashley that she loves him so that he will want to marry her instead of Melanie. During the barbecue, while all the other women are taking a nap, Scarlett goes to talk to Ashley and she tells him that she is in love with him and that she wants to elope and marry him. He completely shoots her down, which really surprises her. She was sure he felt the same way about her as she felt about him. She feels so ridiculous and childish after this, but she knows that she can’t leave the barbecue, or everyone will suspect that something is up. She ends up flirting a lot with Charles Hamilton, a kind of awkward boy who is Melanie’s brother. She doesn’t actually like him much, but he falls in love with her and asks her to marry him. She agrees because he has a lot of money and a good last name. Even when she marries him, she’s still in love with Ashley. Shortly after they got married, Charles went away to the army. He died there, but before he left, Scarlett got pregnant with his child. She had the baby and named him Wade, but she never really likes him much. For a while, she goes to live with some relatives in Charleston, but she doesn’t really like it. Eventually, she goes to live with Charles’s family in Atlanta. She really likes Atlanta because it is so busy. However, she hates nursing in the hospital, which is one of the main things she does there.