Chapter 31 of gone with the wind

"It's a curse--this not wanting to look on naked realities. Until the war, life was never more real to me than a shadow show on a curtain. And I preferred it so. I do not like the outlines of things to be too sharp. I like them gently blurred, a little hazy."

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Ayana Kirk

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27 October, 17:36

Chapter 31 of gone with the wind

"It's a curse--this not wanting to look on naked realities. Until the war, life was never more real to me than a shadow show on a curtain. And I preferred it so. I do not like the outlines of things to be too sharp. I like them gently blurred, a little hazy."

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Dane Wolfe · Answer 1

It means that you can never expect the things that happen in war.

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This was my answer because in the chapter it states, "Until the war, life was never more real to me than a shadow on a curtain ... " This informs me that this person did not expect the things going on in the war to actually happen.