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Help[Opinions] I've known a couple of dogs names Beau or Bo (m)
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So first and foremost I think of it as a dog name.
Beyond that... it is sort of a faded Southern aristocrat name, like somebody from Gone with the Wind living in their crumbling mansion with two faithful ex-slaves, thinking that the South won the war.
Beyond that... it is sort of a faded Southern aristocrat name, like somebody from Gone with the Wind living in their crumbling mansion with two faithful ex-slaves, thinking that the South won the war.
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I know a dog named Lucy, Henry and Isabel though. My name is Kayla and throughout my life someone will say, "I know a dog named Kayla." People will always name their dogs perfectly good human names. I'm naming my daughter Stella and my grandma says "How do you feel about my neighbor having a dog named Stella?" I'm thinking..."Gram, you live in the mountains, your neighbor lives 20 acres away. I don't care about them." haha.
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That's because some Southern boys were named after Confederate general Pierre Beauregard. The Beau in "Gone With the Wind" was, although he was still a child at the book's end, so let's hope he made more use of his life than sitting in a crumbling mansion wishing for the good old days.
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Not if he was Ashley Wilkes' son.
Ashley was King Wussy, and I suspect the apple wouldn't fall far from the tree.
Sorry, I just like to express my hatred for this character every chance I get.
Ashley was King Wussy, and I suspect the apple wouldn't fall far from the tree.
Sorry, I just like to express my hatred for this character every chance I get.
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he was such a nobody...
He was just a pretty face and no more. Scarlett only wanted him because she couldn't have him. And he was too much of a wuss to not lead her on.
Did you know that Ashley was only his middle name? His first name is George.
He was just a pretty face and no more. Scarlett only wanted him because she couldn't have him. And he was too much of a wuss to not lead her on.
Did you know that Ashley was only his middle name? His first name is George.
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I remember that from the book. I don't think they ever mentioned it in the movie.
Scarlett was a smart woman, but she was stupid around Ashley. Drove me nuts.
Scarlett was a smart woman, but she was stupid around Ashley. Drove me nuts.
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Yeah, that's right. I wouldn't have thought of it, but now that you mention it, yeah. Isn't the fact that George was really his first name indicated only once in the novel, when Melanie receives a letter from him addressed to "Mrs. George Ashley Wilkes"? One of those little details that you wonder why the author even bothered with. If he was going to be called and referred to as Ashley all throughout the book, why did she bother to make his first name George and then make just that one little reference to it?
Scarlett was Scarlett's middle name and her first name was Katie and Rhett's middle initial was K. but we never find out what that stands for. But I can see the reasoning behind Scarlett going by her middle name since she was named after her paternal grandmother, whose first name was Katie and maiden last name was Scarlett.
Scarlett was Scarlett's middle name and her first name was Katie and Rhett's middle initial was K. but we never find out what that stands for. But I can see the reasoning behind Scarlett going by her middle name since she was named after her paternal grandmother, whose first name was Katie and maiden last name was Scarlett.
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It's an insanely common southern convention, to have a normalish first name and go by your weird family middle name. It's soooo common that it's not even contrived for the author to do that.
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she is definitely not a Katie...
Originally Mitchell was going to call her Pansy, but luckily she discarded that idea. Pansy sounds like the name of one of the slaves.
Scarlett's father occasionally called her Katie Scarlett, but as you say, the only time we know that Ashley's first name was George is by the address on a letter.
We never find out Honey Wilkes's real name. We only know that she got that nickname by calling everybody else Honey, which is kind of nonsensical. We know that Aunt PittyPat was really Sarah Jane too.
Originally Mitchell was going to call her Pansy, but luckily she discarded that idea. Pansy sounds like the name of one of the slaves.
Scarlett's father occasionally called her Katie Scarlett, but as you say, the only time we know that Ashley's first name was George is by the address on a letter.
We never find out Honey Wilkes's real name. We only know that she got that nickname by calling everybody else Honey, which is kind of nonsensical. We know that Aunt PittyPat was really Sarah Jane too.
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if he did make something of himself...
It would be because of his mother Melanie's influence. Ashley had long since given up on life.
It would be because of his mother Melanie's influence. Ashley had long since given up on life.
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Melanie died, though. That kid was screwed.
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