Scarlet O Hara And Judy Jones Comparison

One of the greatest parts of storytelling is getting to create characters with their own unique personalities and getting to build a dynamic with them. Gone with the Wind and “Winter Dreams” are two great examples of that with Scarlet O’Hara and Judy Jones, respectively. The time periods for both of the women are very different (50 years apart, to be exact), and that showed in some aspects of their personalities. However, a comparison of O’Hara and Jones divulges more similarities than differences in them as we try to explore who they will spend life with while also determining that Judy is a little bit worse of a person than O’Hara. Scarlet O’Hara’s story takes place during the American Civil War. She only has eyes for one man, Ashley,

Scarlet is at least decent to the guys who want her affection and doesn’t go around with many other men behind their backs unlike Judy. Also, Scarlet is more rebellious as she rejects the standards of looking like a woman at all times and sneaks out to see Ashley to convince him to rethink his decision and marry her. Finally, she is much more impulsive as she murders the northern deserter when he comes into their home in order to protect her friends and family and then simply states that she will think about what she has done tomorrow. Meanwhile, Judy is much more arrogant than the prior as fully expects Dexter to caddie and drive the boat for her, personally states that she’s more beautiful than anyone else, and expects Dexter to drop everything for her when she returned, even though he was with Irene then. Judy’s looks change with her personality traits unlike Scarlet, like when she was unhappy with Simms at the end and seen as unattractive rather than beyond beautiful like she was to the golfers and Dexter before. The worst part about her, in my opinion, is when she hits Mr. Hedrick while golfing and is only concerned with how her ball could have been closer to the hole if it hadn’t hit him instead of apologizing, which is completely the opposite of O’Hara considering she showed she cared for others and even went as far as donating her wedding ring to the war efforts. Therefore, there is definitely a lot of contrast in these two