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: And I must say this for him, he never smiles in that nasty-nice way
when he's with her. He's just as pleasant and thoughtful as can
be--really a different man. You can tell by the way he acts with
Melly that he could be decent if he wanted to. Now, my idea of why
he's doing all this is--" She paused. "Doctor, you won't like my
idea."
"I don't like anything about this whole affair!"
"Well, I think he did it partly for Melly's sake but mostly because
he thought it would be a huge joke on us all. We've hated him so
much and showed it so plainly and now he's got us in a fix where
all of you have your choice of saying you were at that Watling
 Gone With the Wind |