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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: all over Tara by now, all over the County. Nobody knows where they
are but they're in that neighborhood. You can't go home! You
can't go right through the Yankee army!"
"I will go home!" she cried. "I will! I will!"
"You little fool," and his voice was swift and rough. "You can't
go that way. Even if you didn't run into the Yankees, the woods
are full of stragglers and deserters from both armies. And lots of
our troops are still retreating from Jonesboro. They'd take the
horse away from you as quickly as the Yankees would. Your only
chance is to follow the troops down the McDonough road and pray
that they won't see you in the dark. You can't go to Tara. Even
Gone With the Wind | 
